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Originally Posted by Sidd Finch
I was at Absinthe last week -- didn't see her.
This is the second or third time I've been mystified by the decision on who got sent home.
A couple of weeks ago, Radhika gets sent home for being an inattentive host, instead of Carla for making a miserable dessert that cost her team the win. This isn't top maitre-d, it's top chef -- right? Carla is hilarious and I like her personality on the show, but I don't like the feeling that a decision was made on that (producer-driven) basis.
Then, Stephen -- hair-boy -- who made what everyone seemed to think was a tolerable dish, instead of Fabio, who overcooked his venison. Over-cooked meat should be an automatic fail. Again, this felt like a decision driven by the producers, who wanted the charming, popular Italian to stay around.
And last night -- Jamie at least knew what she'd f'd up. Leah gave that blank, semi-stoned look that she does so well, and clearly had no clue. Moreover, the challenge seemed to be figuring out how to cook a dish you'd tasted once. Jamie figured it out; she just blew a last, crucial step in execution. A bad f-up, but an understandable one. Leah was lost from beginning to end. Once again, it felt like a producer-driven decision: Let's get Leah and Hosea to the final, so we can ask them if their significant others dumped them when the episode with them smooching aired.
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I agree with most of that, except I am sort of okay with the concept of dumping the lesser chef in a close call (eg: Rahdika instead of Carla, who, to me, is far superior to Rahdika). Also, I'd like to see the uncensoured/unedited tapes of Hosea and Leah, although if she makes it to the finals, that's a travesty.
