Quickfire Challenge ... make a better hot dog than some famous hot dog stand in Queens ... sushi hot dogs, I don't think so ... this is going to be a mess ... Jill makes hot dog spring rolls or something equally nausiating and contrived, dumb ... Radhika might have made something edible ... Eugene, hot dog maki roll ... Hosea looks like he can cook something other than fish ... Stefan doesn't even get the judges to look at him ... Ariane makes chicken sausage ... Fabio does apparently well ... Jamie leaves bones in her hot dog ... the vendor is Angelina and she singularly wows the judges ... Jill does very poorly, Stefan fails ... Radhika in the top tier, Fabio as well, and Hosea - Radhika wins (safe for 1 more week anyway).
Elimination Challenge ... cooking at Craft, Tom's flagship restaurant ... Liking Eugene more and more, but those Euros can cook too ... Jill flips a bit buying ostrich eggs, Fabio saves here by figuring out how to crack 'em. Jax guy and Leah are getting cozy, oh the drama <yawn>. Let us to cooking ...
In the kitchen at Craft ... Fabio gives huge props to Tom's restaurant ... Fabio just whipped out the El Bulli version of olives with the sodium alginate I'm guessing ... Carlas's cooking is questionable, Ariane makes something that's way too sweet apparently, but no one tells her ... Tom is expediting for the Top Chef crew ... Fabio wows em, Jax guy (Hosea) falls flat, Jill's dish looks like "dog food" and tastes like "glue" ... Stefan plays it safe with Halibut ... Jeff makes chicken with chorizo, move along, nothing to see here ... Radhika made avocado mousse - WTF? ... Daniel gets by on a known dish ... Padma almost vomits on Ariane's food ... Carla does ok despite the sweaty cheese ... Tom tastes everything ... the nouvelle is about to hit the fan.
Judges Table ... Tom thought the chefs set American cuisine back 20 years, ouch. Carla's pastry impresses ... Fabio's worried he's going home, but he rocked ... Jaime did well with a cold corn soup, corn soup rocks (a good idea) ... Fabio Wins (Euros 2, Yankees 0). Hosea, Jill, and Jersey girl Ariane are up for elimination. Jill sounds like she's a few suits short of a full deck. Ariane has to go home, Padma spit it out for goodness sake. OMG they sent the doornob home (ok that was mean), dumb is dumb but awful is really AWFUL.
Euros are looking tough, Leah was middle of the pack - Stefan and Fabio are front runners for sure, let's see if an American can step up, maybe Eugene is really Rocky.
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