With Grayson long gone you'd think it would be smooth sailing. Or, at the very least, smoother sailing. And it kind of is.
As the series returned from holiday break last week, we saw the chefs drive into a date farm, with the challenge being to create a dish that showcased dates and, furthermore, reminded them of their best, most romantic real-life dates.
Carl decided to make a date milkshake because it reminded him of the time he couldn’t go to the ballet with his girlfriend after getting his wisdom teeth pulled. I found this clever, and it also probably tugged on some heart-strings at the same time.
Marjorie basically admitted that she’s never been on a date, and Isaac and Wesley endeavored to entertain via commentary.
Kwame was awfully interested in Quickfire guest judge Chrissy Teigen.
Jason, after floundering socially among the other chefs on the last episode, made his mark by winning Quickfire and immunity for his charred, spicy carrots.
Continuing on with the theme of love, Art Smith, chef to Oprah and Obama, was on hand to announce that for theElimination Challenge the chefs would be catering a gay wedding of 25 couples at once — which Padma would be officiating. I think I saw Madonna, Queen Latifa and Macklemore do this not all that long ago.
The chefs split off into pairs, and once again, no one wanted to work with Giselle —Karen got stuck with her. Jason and Angelina also ran into some friction because Angelina wanted to put through a good-enough dish quickly while Jason wanted to take more time to get things perfect. Jason chastised Angelina for calling their Swiss chard rolls a “dolma,” but Angelina has a habit of under-thinking her dishes, so Jason was right to split those hairs.
The winning team was Wesley and Kwame for their shrimp dish, but Kwamepulled the individual win for the sauce, even prompting Art to say he wished he could hire Kwame.
Kwame appears to be the front-runner to win the whole competition, but he still ended up in one of the bottom teams. But only because his sauces were in demand and he provided the flavoring for Phillip’s “gummy” potato-paste dish. Phillip claimed the potato paste came out exactly as he wanted it to, which prompted Jason and Marjorie to call him out in front of the judges since he had initially called the potato paste “mashed potatoes.”
Giselle meandered through the entire episode playing games instead of trying to be the best chef in the competition. She didn’t offer much help to Karen in the challenge, then tried to disown their asparagus dish once it failed in front of the judges, and then called herself honorable for doing so. Gail was right to argue forGiselle’s elimination.
It's heating up. And you know what they say about heat and kitchens.
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