Recapitulation ‘Top Chef’: S22, EP 9: ‘Clever on the edge’

This week, I send my thoughts and my prayers to everyone to their limits with the sponsored Gambits of the show because we have officially struck the biggest Doozy of this season (so far): the dreaded link to a successful film that pushes producers to the limits of the decency of the DE DEI. Or Top Chef: Houston Once tasting menus on the theme of dinosaurs and All Stars 2 monochrome whipped which fast in honor of Trollz: World Tour, We have now Top Chef: Destination Canada Ask his chiefs to make a “non -charitable reading:” gimmick “) at Ethan hunting for the next one Impossible mission: the last calculation.

Honestly, there is no point in complaining about the number of sponsorships and brand challenges Top chefwho has adopted his generous corporate suzerains from the very beginning. The key thing to know about it, however? It’s a bit has has. Without money that comes from chipotle, tourist advice and these trollz racer, Top chef I just wouldn’t be able to keep it as long as. It’s like that! The best we can do is politely ignored the a lot The close -ups on the water bottles of Saratoga Springs and hope that sponsored challenges keep things chic.

On this score this week Impossible mission The theme is … very good. In fact, I was pleasantly surprised by the way our chiefs could well interpret the word “cascade” anyway. There have certainly been challenges on the theme much narrower and / or more stupid over the years (hi, “cuisine chaos”), so I’m not about to obtain Also Crazy against the one who challenges the leaders for Toe the line between a flat gadget and an impressive kitchen feat.

Of course, this being Top chefThere is still another socket. To benefit from two possible advantages, Kristen defies the cast to walk in the perimeter of the Toronto CN Tower (which would guarantee an additional $ 75) And TO DO Titanic “King of the World” – The style is looking at the edge (which would add 30 minutes to their overall cooking time). Like Massimo, I am extremely terrified by the heights – sorry, “uncomfortable”. As such, I know that no quantity of elastic cords and reassure to iron as a result of my safety would have prevented me from being a whore of an absolute baby all the time. Everyone arrives at the top of the tower, but Lana and an unusually moderate Massimo refuse lean, leaving them with 30 minutes less than everyone to remove their waterfalls.

Understanding each of what a “cascade” varies wildly, and not always at the grip of Final calculation Star Greg Tarzan Davis. If he expected smoke and magic candles, he has about 16 seasons late in the Vegas season. (In addition, Tom Cruise could not even send a message of cameo?)

Bailey and Lana opt for optical illusions. Lana is happy with her fried “mosaic”, but the judges are put off by the textures. Bailey makes a tasty lasagna whose obstacle slices are indeed like a dessert. Does it look like Tiramisu, as she claims? No, not really. But it is apparently still confused and tasty enough to gain respect for the judges, which is enough for Bailey to obtain a first place.

César, Sadn and Vinny take up this challenge from the angle of Tarzan’s favorite bells and whistles to degrees of variable success. Caesar tries another combo of bizarre flavors with an arctic charcoal tartare with a turned cream, but it cannot take the magic of its hood of pickle and all the dish finished mainly by confusing (and a little burned?). Meanwhile, sad now cooked under additional pressure to make competition useful after the sudden death of his father, who, in your opinion, would be overwhelming, but the man does not seem to lose. Even his holder Mission: Impossible linked to injecting her chicken wings with a “virus” liver mousse – a word that I was begging Him to stop using the second, he first tried it – cannot withdraw the judges from his big flavors.

Vinny, bless him, quickly gets lost in details. It creates “laser” grenards so that the guests allow (of course) to find a vegetarian key sculpted by hand (cute!) And enjoy the refrigerated tartare below (… or not). The guest judge Buddha Lo – twice Top chef Winner and passionate about capricious food – loves the concept. Unfortunately, Vinny putting the bowls on dried ice to invoke a smoke effect also ends up freezing each dish in solid blocks of beef ice. It is so disgusting that even Kristen, queen of junk food, cannot indulge.

Despite all the attempts of Tomfoolery at Haut Octane, I found myself most impressed by the simplicity of the approaches of Shuai and Massimo. Both decide to avoid Wylie Dufresne – style of style should not work. Shuai, for example, is delighted with the idea of ​​a high turducken, which is just good enough to keep it safe.

Massimo, however, does something brilliant. Knowing that complicating a whole new dish could end with a disaster, he rather decides to show his technical skills by making a trout in a crust in just two hours.

Reader, I ice. Nine times out of ten, quickly accelerating the preparation of a delicate dish in order to adapt the time constraint is a terrible idea that ends with the rapid elimination of a chief. And yet, against all odds and reason … Massimo withdraws it.

Even if it is not the most obviously exciting dish, each chief of the table of judges knows exactly how impressive it is that he has found a way to make a dish which, according to all, should Never be rushed. By incorporating his reduced cooking time with the idea of ​​what his “blow” should be, Massimo intelligently turns the challenge upside down. For the first time this season, he won the elimination challenge without a single asterisk. It is obviously delighted, as it should be.

You may have noticed that I have not yet mentioned the Quickfire, so what gives? Well, with immunity now outside the table, it seems that this season leaves Gail and Tom again on the fast fire tour in order to consider the performances of the chiefs overall before deciding who returns home.

It is logical to have the complete trio of permanent judges in Quickfire cuisine – Once unequivocally the domain of Padma – so that they can have a more complete vision of what each chef can do when he decides their ultimate destinies. My problem with that Top Chef: Wisconsin It was more with the fact that the judges or the publishing (or both!) Did not give viewers enough explanations on the way in which they weighed quickfire performance against the challenges of elimination, how bad a losing dish must be bad to cancel a winner, and so on. Just let me know exactly Why You make a call, and I will be much less likely to question it!

This week, at least it makes sense. Lana’s fried fish-ish fish have collapsed, but she also won the rapid fire by transforming the mussels of Prince Edward’s island into a delicious bite inspired by an Italian submarine. So she is safe. Vinny’s frozen tartare is a disaster, and I am not convinced that the simple fact of being at the top in the fast fire – as it was for its intelligent point of view – would have necessarily been sufficient to save it during a stronger week.

Fortunately for Vinny, but very unfortunately for Caesar, the deliciously improvisation style that we learned to love Caesar returned against him this week. He has spoiled the two challenges quite badly, and he knows. So when Kristen tells him to make her knives and leave, he does it with a smile and a wish to do his best Last Chance KitchenWhere the champion Knockout Katianna is waiting.

• So about Lck … If you don’t look regularly, it turns out that it is the week to do it. Spoiler warning In case you have not done it (seriously, come back now) (okay, are we all on the same wavelength now?) (Super, forward): Caesar only went ahead and won it! Who thought? Without offense intended for this adorable man … not me! Katianna had completely defeated everyone, but the fatigue of having essentially to make seven rare fires in a row finally caught him. I am happy for César that he obtained a do-over, but really sad for Katianna, who had made an excellent argument for his return until a sub-assisted soup was the fate.

• Kristen Kish follows Envy Watch: I think this set with thin blue and art stripes 9/10.

• Is Massimo the only one who remains in the competition that has children …? I cannot blame him for refusing Lean X2, then.

• Dude is a Dork (I say affectionately), but the “thank you” of Vinny made me laugh so hard.

• Massimo admitting that he thought that his mussels of zucchini flower flower would be unique until he sees sadly doing it, encouraging sadly to wink before serving it ?? Hot! I don’t do the rules!

• Next week: Montreal, allegedly. This season has really been Top Chef: Toronto More than Canada as a whole, so I hope they branch. But if it is East Montreal, Massimo will turn, so … good luckChefs!