Agreed that we've had too much of Dawn getting a pass. I guess that really means her food is just that good. I wonder if having past contestants in the judging is allowing for more forgiveness. The past chefs really do understand the challenges of the clock! They also seem to have different opinions than Tom, Padma, and Gail. I think I recall that in one of the tofu challenge tied judgings (Gabe vs Dawn) in the they were split with the OG judges vs the TC alum judges. The final decision went with the OG judges, which I thought was very interesting. This put Dawn in the bottom and then we got to see the blood in the food. Would have been interesting to see what Gabe would have come up with for subsequent rounds.
Kwame saying "Crab sushi two ways—to only give us one way, with all this time, at this point in the game, I just don’t think that’s acceptable" sent me into a blind rage. Just absolute crap considering the shenanigans. This is such a polarizing season. It's easily in the Top 3 of all time, but it's marred by the judges' constant forgiveness. No one wants to lay down the hammer in the middle of a pandemic, I guess.
I'm sure Dawn is super nice in person and her food is delicious, but I'm sorry, I'm gonna have a problem if she ends up winning this season. There's no way she should be in the finale after leaving components off FIVE times this season. What makes Top Chef great is it bills itself as the best of the best. It takes all around mastery to win. She keeps getting a pass. That just feels wrong. We've seen chefs miss a component and be safe before, but not this many times and I don't think this late either. If the judges want to make the show all about the taste of the dish, technique and other skills be damned, that's totally fine with me. But they should say so. They keep acting like all this other stuff matters but the results are saying they don't
Agreed that we've had too much of Dawn getting a pass. I guess that really means her food is just that good. I wonder if having past contestants in the judging is allowing for more forgiveness. The past chefs really do understand the challenges of the clock! They also seem to have different opinions than Tom, Padma, and Gail. I think I recall that in one of the tofu challenge tied judgings (Gabe vs Dawn) in the they were split with the OG judges vs the TC alum judges. The final decision went with the OG judges, which I thought was very interesting. This put Dawn in the bottom and then we got to see the blood in the food. Would have been interesting to see what Gabe would have come up with for subsequent rounds.
Kwame saying "Crab sushi two ways—to only give us one way, with all this time, at this point in the game, I just don’t think that’s acceptable" sent me into a blind rage. Just absolute crap considering the shenanigans. This is such a polarizing season. It's easily in the Top 3 of all time, but it's marred by the judges' constant forgiveness. No one wants to lay down the hammer in the middle of a pandemic, I guess.
And you're getting screeners?! Dayum.
I'm sure Dawn is super nice in person and her food is delicious, but I'm sorry, I'm gonna have a problem if she ends up winning this season. There's no way she should be in the finale after leaving components off FIVE times this season. What makes Top Chef great is it bills itself as the best of the best. It takes all around mastery to win. She keeps getting a pass. That just feels wrong. We've seen chefs miss a component and be safe before, but not this many times and I don't think this late either. If the judges want to make the show all about the taste of the dish, technique and other skills be damned, that's totally fine with me. But they should say so. They keep acting like all this other stuff matters but the results are saying they don't