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If you are watching Top chef For a long time, it will get used to its transverse nonsense. You will ignore the product position, leave the car logo and the flight box and “bring it to you by our friends in GLAD TRASH PAGS” rolling directly from your back. Sometimes, it will grow sometimes from the challenges that smell of sweat designed around celebrity guests, smell films, or a local component that may tire even the local population after trying 13 sessions designed around. Because among all between dozens of experts who have a clear passion for food and their craft, and if you are participating even an ounce of this emotion, knowing more about it will always be fun.
I really liked this season! It was much more comfortable in the new groove required after Badma came out, both of them for crystins as a host and the offer as a development for himself. Even a ridiculous thing like this hockey expression challenge can not be enthusiastic for a long time. But the penultimate episode is characterized by the apparently endless Olympic Games components and cancellation of the championship to determine the last three? Yes, I think I am allowed now.
Let’s enter, right?
Two weeks after saying goodbye to Massimo in Calgary, we arrived in the final four Milan. As Tristen says, he did not give him a “leave” with an opportunity to reset as it might be for Billy, Sisar and Shway. Instead, Tersten had to bury his mother’s husband, who is clearly his existence and influence on his life cannot be exaggerated. I am pleased to hear that he can be at home to get a final farewell, and also very sorry that he goes to Milan with a lot of pressure on his shoulders.
As with the pre -art tradition, they are rapidly thrown at the speed. The summary is simple and frightening: Create Rizoto. That’s it! But like any Top chef The fan knows, “Make Good Risotto” seems much easier to do even for some of the best chefs in the world. Fortunately, we knew the four finalists that they were heading to Milan – a famous city and very proud of its elevators – certainly saw this coming and promised accordingly, right?
mistake! While Billy dances, men do a bad act that hides their nerves. “I thought I could show [risotto] From this competition, “The Ears of Tersen. It is something that has failed several times with Rizoto Top chef That I thought, There is no way that makes us make a Receoto. He says: “O Shui, grill? I must agree with you there. exactly Why will you make it do that, darling!
Directly in their heads, only two of the four chefs decided … Do not make Resuto at all? Cesar, the prince of our gentle innovation, multiplies the (incorrect) idea that Rizoto is a “technique” instead of a dish. As a person who used to pride in developing new creative reasons for not writing college articles as dedicated, I know a failed vulnerability when I see one. The result is the “Risoto” celery root that makes Tom’s face heading just as it was absorbed Warheads. (Somewhere, the wine factory in Massimo was automatically crashed into his hand in solidarity.)
He has slight Defense, at least he will have an excuse from panic after having to start cooking immediately; Others start 5, 10 and 15 minutes, given that Tom insisted that Risoto be eaten as soon as it is finished. In this regard, Shuai – who finally begins – has an excuse to spend 15 minutes staring at a rice options before he decided to cook cubic nuts in rice stocks instead. Tom can not be less liked in its solutions and is left. “Risoto I mean literally “riceand“It is a full -time. No, it is not that I can believe that the first four of the first four have completely gave up the main responsibility of this challenge.
Billy, who wants to recover the medium Risotoha from the first week of the competition, hosts the northern Italian traditions with a red wine Risoto with hazelnuts. It looks good enough, but also very safe. Therefore, it is almost harmful to TRISTEN that he wins fire (and 15,000 dollars!) Almost default because its plate looks really and delicious. His mission is to “bring melanin to Milan” – excellent Catchphrase- translates here into a Risoto inspired by Golov-Ris with charred butter vegetables that I need to eat immediately, otherwise it will destroy. Tirten was afraid of Risoto to cook as much as Shui, however he made his wonderful copy again. I started to rooted to me to challenge the Tersen for the final victory, but this moment I convinced me once and forever that Tristan won the title of Top Chef.
Before that, though, the four final must become three finals – this is the place truly go haywire.
You thought the Risoto challenge where half of the chefs did not make Risoto would be my biggest fist per week, but no. Not when Christine reveals that the last obstacle before the end will be a triple championship to a head of three dishes, where nine members vote for the committee to send one chef in each round until the end. This style can work for something like Top Chef: PortlandThe TOFU Championship, which cleared six to five chefs. But make the chefs compete for a conclusion spot by preparing dishes that they may not serve at all.
Moreover, the military attempts to link this challenge to the upcoming Winter Olympic Games in Milan are not just noisy but very dispersed as well. However, it is nice to meet the athletes, I cannot imagine that the chefs have been very pumped about having to overcome their personal Olympics (?) During such a crucial grocery store. Looking at the widespread ambiguity in the supermarket, it was better to be better at getting their Italian personal assistant. (Massimo ghost is shouting now; I am very sorry, my friend!) What is more than that, when their new sports friends join the table of judges, they all come out of the first round of judgment simply by voting in favor of the chef who are shopping with. Nothing of this would bother me half if it is an early challenge, but this is to enter conclusion. Why do we make the voices of the glory?!
anyway. Perhaps I must enter the actual dishes, whether or not it ends with service. With three domestic courses and components of the Polenta, Beets and Gorgonzola, there is a lot in play and at stake. What becomes clear throughout this episode is that most of the chefs believed that it is difficult for them to get out of the gate strongly with a porridge plate of porridge porridge (in the hope they only win), followed by the final round of Gorgonzola (to make sure they will not be completely tight if it comes to that). The beet dish, which is served to be presented second, is definitely similar to the subsequent idea.
Billy makes some of the safest options in her previous tours, directly between Parm Polenta and roasted beets with “Ricotta Schmear”. Cesar, for the better and worse, does not play anything safe. It goes to a cake of corn flour with black walnut ice cream and beet pressure that presses it in a feverish form of homemade tortilla with just minutes to go. Its basic and consecutive approaches are reflected in the shades of referees. Do not get enough votes from the Tom committee from nine people, Christine, generation, athletes, Michelin Chef Andrea Aprea, and My Head of Chefs: World All-Stars The husband, Ali Ghazawi, to save themselves from the dreaded Georgonzola.
Based on the latest two successes in his challenge, Shui ends with taking the first round with a porridge of corn flour, well cooked with a completely grilled dignity. (It can never be said that Tom cannot judge one plate during the evaluation of the judiciary challenge; if he does, it will be a narrator. Elites As for the squash cubes in the walnut alone.) I liked to see/try the striped beet pies with smoked fish, but it may be lucky because it did not reach what it seemed as if it were a Georgonzola dish other than the heart. She surprised and relaxed Shui for today – at least to have to sit and watch others sweat with it, which proves very stressful that it is fun.
The second round goes to Trustin. Although his sedative in his pepper threatened to detonate the referees’ paintings in the first round, smoked beets with Beacliz and pork stomach achieved a semi -limited victory for him. Once again, I wish I had seen what he would have done with Gorgonzola (he claimed that he would be Sherbet?), But I was just happy as he was realizing that he was in the end with the minimum pressure.
It is not possible to say the same for Billy. It is clearly tense, it still issues itself the additional challenge of making judges love BRULENEED Gorgonzola – a dish they hated so much a few weeks ago. Now, at this point, Pelly was getting a lot of trousers and opportunities to explain her thinking that I was a fool, I assumed that this was goodbye. no! The second Brolet is a success, sends Cesar and a ceramic layer for him – which is great on squash, less than that on Gorgonzola -. After taking out a lot of unique and difficult dishes throughout the season, it is difficult to watch him as he goes for a recipe that was not even for him, but his beloved chef. Cesar may not be intended like some other chefs, but I could hear more of it during what it was, apparently, his last episode as a competitor. Unfortunately, the synergy gods demanded the network with a sacrifice, or 15 minutes of the Olympic who ask the Italian groceries pastry.
This was just … a very confusing episode. I have now seen him twice, and I remain confused! All I hope is for the final to be the simplest summaries – “cook your best food” or a bust – and end with a winner worthy of the Delta Delta medal. ™
• Watch Krcen Kish Suit Envy Watch: I hope again to the notes of my colleague in the room; More specifically, the Crystin Crystin cream is a suit “I am the father of Beira” Elegant. This, in addition to a challenging suit, eliminating black and white? Kish crushes it. 8.5/10.
• I don’t have much to add this week, with the exception of the Valley Declaration to #Teamtristen to win. Although I enjoyed knowing most of everyone this season, no one else competed with his consistency and creativity, so I can’t wait to know what he cooks without restrictions.
• What about you? Who are you rooted? Who wins your prize more improvement? The best confession? The best sporting spirit? Let’s get some preferences before the end!
