September 10th, 2009
Jesse out, Father Leo in
Jesse Sandlin of Abacrombie was told to pack her knives on last night’s Top Chef episode. But, on Food Network, Father Leo bested Bobby Flay in a fajita throwdown. I’m proud of both of them. They put Maryland in the food spotlight.
This season’s Top Chef contestants are topnotch. Jesse hung in there for a while, but she came up in the bottom group too many times. Her days were numbered. You can get a recap of the show on managing editor Max’s excellent blog.
But don’t dismiss Jesse. She does some great cooking at Abacrombie. I’m still dreaming about a red-wine braised lamb shank she cooked at an all-female chefs dinner sponsored by the Baltimore Foodies. Check out its website for other fun food events.
Father Leo Patalinghug is no cooking slouch either. He certainly kept chef Flay on his toes last night. And he’s such a charmer. I think we’ll see more of him.
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Categories: chefs
Top Chef beat her down hard. She clearly has skills but it's a TV game show, not a restaurant. It seemed like everything she did was fried and breaded too. Maybe not everything, but too much. This season has the best skill level of any season.
This box has the tiniest type I have ever seen on a blog. Please fix.
I was hoping bitter perpetually grumpy Ashley would hit the road. She's next. There are some seriously skilled people this season and no stupid hats or faux-hawks. Jesse seems to have soul. TV can suck that out of you.
It was kind of funny that the silly French guy couldn't make a basic French sauce. Zut alors!
Oh my God! Fix the font here. What is it? 4 point type? You're killing us.
Could you please refrain from putting spoilers in size 18 font blog headlines? It certainly ruins the shows for those of us who DVR'd them, and were looking forward to watching them the next day.