Top Chef All-Stars

But the first half of that season was boring because people like the Volt brothers were just so obviously superior. That's one thing I'm liking about this season, there isn't that huge and obvious disparity in skill. There's a bit, but not as much, so already you're getting a lot of very solid chefs competing against each other.

well right, which is sorta the point, right? all-stars!

but the flipside is season 2, where you had the seriously repellent Marcel somehow managing to kung-fu other chefs off the show by being an infuriating mix of good enough to get judge's praise and obnoxious enough to get otherwise okay chefs to focus on him instead of their food, leading them to make mistakes while cooking or, in one incredibly regrettable case, back in their rooms that led to their ouster

holy shit, I just read the wikipedia entry on that season and had no idea the Marcel got attacked by a viewer with a bottle and has a permanent scar because of it

wau, dude knows how to make ppl hate him

Marcel is kind of my favorite Top Chef contestant.

I love Marcel.

holy shit, I just read the wikipedia entry on that season and had no idea the Marcel got attacked by a viewer with a bottle and has a permanent scar because of it

this has to be a wiki prank

oh wait then i've seen season 2, or at least bits of it

marcel is so hatable because he reminds me, in some ways, of smug douchers i have met in real life. who, like him, are probably decent enough, but because they're juuuuuust good enough at something to feel smug about it and bad at a lot of other things (bein macho, human interaction) to be defensive, they're just cocks 24/7

^^^

like, the dude was probably teased a LOT in high school, i'm guessing. and not for being studious or a wimp, but for being a litttttle too articulate and quick with sarcasm, fucking alex p keaton style

or maybe it's just his haircut

J0rdan:

http://www.realityblurred.com/realitytv/archives/top_chef_2/2007_Jan_22_marcel_hit_ilan_friends

well yeah, and his haircut

Honestly I can't imagine why anyone would watch Season 2 and root for anyone OTHER than Marcel. Elia before the head-shaving incident maybe (and boy did she come off badly on All Stars) and that Mike-y line cook dude seemed like a total bro, but seriously the rest of those folks were either total whiney douchebags or completely macho assholes. I'll totally take one socially inept midget egomaniac over any of them, thankyouverymuch.

Marcel seems like he's created a 'douchebag' persona for himself but I never feel like it's 100% him. He seems like he's pretty insecure and awkward and just puts up this RARR I AM AMAZING front to keep people away. lol because I know him sooo well :)

Cliff 4eva

I did route for Marcel though, because his food looked good and because his doucheyness seemed to come from some sort of sad insecurity, and I thought Ilan's food was pretty consistently boring looking.

He seems like he's pretty insecure and awkward and just puts up this RARR I AM AMAZING front to keep people away.

no that seems right to me. and probably evidence of an insecure youth or something, i dunno. you always hope that guys like this will lighten the fuck up when they hit 25 or something but w/e

maybe he'll be a really chill 50 year old...

yeah unsurprisingly I was rooting for the black guy and the hot girl

also I wanted... Betty? Marcel's mid-season nemesis with the inconsistent food; I wanted her to stab him.

I quite enjoyed shirtless Tre in the Night At the Museum episode <3

HATED Betty.

yeah betty was the worst

Bringing Mikey back from S2 would have made for more fun, but who knows if he's even cooking these days.

spike was never very likeable to me at all

Head to head challenge was fun, the setting was cool and they really got into it.

More then just one story going on with Jamie skating by in a couple challenges by not doing anything and Angelo sabotaging peoples food.

Carla is great btw

I wanted to eat that soup so bad.

jamie is the worst -- at least angelo can cook

that's why it was hard for me to believe he overcooked a few pieces of salmon

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caucasian dim sum next week looks great!

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I wanted to eat that soup so bad.

Watched Rick Moonen recreate the dish on the TC website and think I'll give it a try this weekend.

Jamie is the worst of humanity...just UGH its like she has chromic fatigue syndrome. gtfo

lol Jamie's cute looking when she talks to the camera

I used to know a guy who looked a lot like Marcel in season 2 (bladey side burns and sprite hair - but my dude was a bit taller and could grow a full beard if he wanted to). My dude is a chill hard rocker guy who was best buds with a tall, skinny, peppy, raver dude (also a cool guy). To make a pointless story short, some badass people can look like sprites. And even though I never saw season 2, I immediately liked Marcel for his looks and real talk. It's just his temper that gets on my nerves... and is starting to make me not like him at all

Marcel reminds me of Ed Grimley. I think it's the Season 2 hair.

Tre on the other hand, I didn't remember him but it's easy to like him for the his lightheartedness. Tre is always laughing. I don't know if he is ever egotistical or a jerk (it doesn't seem so) but he didn't even talk sh*t about Angelo messing up his fish - well at least not yet. I mean he had immunity but still

tre's laugh is annoying, imo
blais being all 'u got an interesting story line' was otm. jaime looked like she bucked up with that but we'll have to see. i like it when dudes just do their best and not fool about with all this strategy shit, gamin. i mean i know it's a game but be a stand up dude and don't fuck around. sabotage is some bullshit, angelo if that's what you did. carla working thru a sliced finger was dope. and spike goin home for not boxing out under pressure was fine with me. i hated that mofo when he was on, but for some reason on this all stars he was less annoying.

lol i had my own carla moment a few weeks ago when i chopped my thumb while chopping something. blood! wondered if stitches were needed! wrapped that shit, put on a glove, and powered through to finish my dish. in the end i decided that although the cut was deepish it was probably not stitchable anyway bc it's in an awkward place and it's healing ok now so what i am basically saying is: jamie sucks.

totally. unless you cut fucking bone or sever an artery, wrap that shit & keep going.

jamie is terrible, and pretty clearly trying to game as much as possible.

And what's even the point of being on All Star Top Chef if your whole game plan is 'cook as little as possible'? Fuck her. Srsly.

i just don't understand why anyone would even bother going on an all-stars show unless they wanted to fight to reclaim their lost glory or whatever.
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I thought Jaime was hilarious. Also don't comprehend why anyone would let Angelo touch anything on their plate?!?!

^^^ this. And Spike and Tre of all people. Just shove him out of the way and arm wrestle him to the ground.

How great was the little behind the scenes clip of Mike dancing? Have a newfound love of Mike now.

so do they all get lit every night or

yeah they always get drunk in the stew room

i feel like they talk about this on the reunion shows -- sometimes they sit in there for hours just drinking & doing stupid shit like making up games