Another episode in the books, and not too many surprises when it was pretty much guaranteed that someone from Team Giada was going to go home to even up the teams.
I will keep it short again this week with more random thoughts on each contestant:
Justin Warner - Continues to shine with his unique dishes, however, with the huge risks he takes with them, they could come back to haunt him if he misses badly.
Martie Duncan - Made a comeback this week with a strong performance. Could it be the editing at Food Network making her look bad, then good no matter what she does?
Emily Ellyn - Went with a dessert and closed out a good performance for Team Alton.
Yvan Lemoine - Strayed from his basic cooking and impressed the judges with his chicken liver tacos.
Philip Ippy Aiona - Made some chipotle chili, and may be winning over the judges.
Linkie Marais - Still making desserts and losing her train of thought during presentations and still has an accent.
Martita Jara - Makes some Mexican food, but doesn't tell the story that the judges want.
Nikki Martin - Didn't come off as 'warm' to the judges aka she seemed bitchy.
Michele Ragussis - Surprise! More clams!
Malcolm Mitchell - Made some good crabcakes this week, but didn't interact with the guests as much as the judges wanted.
Onto
the elimination... This week, we were back to picking a winning team and having the bottom person of the other 2 teams compete against each other for the elimination. Team Alton was picked the winner this week, so Linkie from Team Giada was put up against Nikki from Team Bobby. As it was predictable that a Team Giada member was going to go home, most of us could have turned the episode off then to know that Linkie was eliminated. Even if she outperformed Nikki in the minute presentation, I am sure Food Network would have edited the show to make it seem as if she didn't. So in the end, Linkie stumbled over her words again in her presentation and was eventually eliminated.
With the format revealed for the remaining episodes, who do you think ends up representing each team?
I will keep it short again this week with more random thoughts on each contestant:
Justin Warner - Continues to shine with his unique dishes, however, with the huge risks he takes with them, they could come back to haunt him if he misses badly.
Martie Duncan - Made a comeback this week with a strong performance. Could it be the editing at Food Network making her look bad, then good no matter what she does?
Emily Ellyn - Went with a dessert and closed out a good performance for Team Alton.
Yvan Lemoine - Strayed from his basic cooking and impressed the judges with his chicken liver tacos.
Philip Ippy Aiona - Made some chipotle chili, and may be winning over the judges.
Linkie Marais - Still making desserts and losing her train of thought during presentations and still has an accent.
Martita Jara - Makes some Mexican food, but doesn't tell the story that the judges want.
Nikki Martin - Didn't come off as 'warm' to the judges aka she seemed bitchy.
Michele Ragussis - Surprise! More clams!
Malcolm Mitchell - Made some good crabcakes this week, but didn't interact with the guests as much as the judges wanted.
Onto
the elimination... This week, we were back to picking a winning team and having the bottom person of the other 2 teams compete against each other for the elimination. Team Alton was picked the winner this week, so Linkie from Team Giada was put up against Nikki from Team Bobby. As it was predictable that a Team Giada member was going to go home, most of us could have turned the episode off then to know that Linkie was eliminated. Even if she outperformed Nikki in the minute presentation, I am sure Food Network would have edited the show to make it seem as if she didn't. So in the end, Linkie stumbled over her words again in her presentation and was eventually eliminated.With the format revealed for the remaining episodes, who do you think ends up representing each team?