You've got to love it. Last night's show was a beef challenge and the chef's largely out-cheffed themselves. (For lack of a better word.) They all tried to do something fancy and elaborate in very small portions, to a crowd that was hungry for beef. In several of the dishes the judges couldn't taste any beef at all. Top Chef contestants almost never play it smart. KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid) should be tattooed on all their foreheads before they ever enter the kitchen. Simple food prepared perfectly will get you very, very far in the competition. Instead they try to impress the judges with how they can do this, or do that, or demonstrate their techniques and unique ingredients, and they end up turning out bad food that doesn't taste good, isn't properly cooked, and starving dogs wouldn't eat.
In last night's beef challenge, a simple, well cooked hamburger or steak would have likely won, had any of them been smart enough to actually make that. It's a beef cooking challenge for God's sake! Here's a radical thought, focus on the beef in a beef cooking challenge.
Ah well, enough of that. I was kind of liking the chef who got the boot. I was hoping one of my less favorite chefs would go instead, but they lucked out. I haven't watch LCK yet, so no comment on that.
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