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Twenty-two stars of the culinary world have come together on a common battlefield to play the Top Chef game for charity. Recaps by Chico Alexander, GSNN
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It's My
Party Last time, three teams of master chefs tried out the singles scene. In the end, Susan Feniger and Tony Mantuano got the high marks and moved on to the Champions Round. Which chefs will join them? Tonight's culinary masterclass includes...
Two players will move on to the Champions Round from this show... First up... QUICKFIRE CHALLENGE: Five Grilled Cheeses to Go One of Kelly's favorite foods... the grilled-cheese sandwich. So the challenge... make the best one in 20 minutes. Judging will be... the person who likes grilled-cheeses. CARMEN: Italian baguette with manchego,
garlic, cilantro & lime. Kelly gives the win to... MONICA. She gets $5000 and an advantage going into... ELIMINATION CHALLENGE We're going Hollywood. The masters will be catering a celebrity birthday party for "ER" star Mekhi Phifer. He charges the chefs with making their own version of soul food for the party. Since Monica won the Quickfire, she'll get the advantage of getting her choice of protein FIRST. And whatever she chooses no one else will be able to use it. You have 45 minutes and $400 to spend at Whole Foods. Monica chooses... SHRIMP. After shopping comes an hour to prep. Marcus: BBQ Chicken with Mac & Cheese &
Collard Greens After half an hour of cooking, we get half an hour of packing. And I'm not reasonably certain at this point, but I believe someone forgot something in the kitchen. I wonder who... Next day, it's the party at the Thompson in Beverly Hills. You have 2.5 hours to cook 125 portions. And we finally figure out who's missing their food... it's Carmen. WOOPS! The other chefs will have to back her up while she drives through LA traffic BACK to the Master Kitchen. Which is 16 miles away. Meanwhile, the chefs all have their OWN dishes to prepare. David & Monica help their fellow chef out while their wares are cooking. Marcus, on the other hand, knows that the chefs like each other... but it's a competition. And back at the Thompson, Carmen's yucca is burned. One hour to service. She returns to the kitchen and gets straight to work. She's not going to have enough time to cook or present a dish. If she can't put together a dish in time, she's going to have to pull out. She's going for it! CRITICS TABLE David's dishes were hard to put out the way they were put out. His combinations were good. Monica tried to keep it really simple and really good, but her shrimp were undercooked. Marcus' chicken and mac & cheese were really on point. Thierry's dish was well-balanced. He had a lot of elements on his plates, perhaps too many. And the story behind Carmen's dish doesn't go unheeded. The disaster only served to make the stew stronger. The final scores:
Talk about a comeback! The 15.5 was the highest score of the night, and as a result, Carmen wins $10,000. Also winning $10,000... Marcus. They faced off in spirit, and they'll have to do it again. Next time, six more chefs will compete for the fifth spot in the Champions Round as well as redemption. Tip the veal, try the waitress. To see this episode in its entirety, or to get recipes from this episode, go to www.bravotv.com/topchefmasters. |
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