Carla hall top chef restaurant wars episode

The annual Restaurant Wars episode provides the usual smoke, fire, and flameouts, with Dale's team making some seriously unappetizing choices. Kelly trial in Chicago. As for the former, I love the aura of a diner run by Greeks. It says family. And although co-owner Helena, with her eyeliner, dark lipstick, hoop earrings, and eyebrow raising, reminded me of some of my favorite New York haunts, watching Richard, Stephanie, Antonia, Dale, Lisa, and Spike flip eggs, potatoes, bacon, and sausage for the quickfire challenge still left a lot to be desired.

It was kind of a nonevent, which Antonia won in case you missed it. Watching Olympia Dukakis flip that egg in the toast in Moonstruck is more fun than this. Fortunately, the elimination challenge was a good one. But by the time the teams had finished decorating the space, they had somehow eliminated all the original ambience.

The chefs get hooked into a fish-fillet contest at an elite seafood restaurant.

But wait, badass Anthony Bourdain is taking over. This was as predictable as a football draft: She went for Richard and Stephanie. They dubbed their gastropub concept Warehouse Kitchen. Meanwhile, Lisa, Dale, and Spike, who have not played well together, instantly chose to go Asian and settled on the name Mai Buddha — the only two times they were able to reach a consensus for the entire challenge.

The tomato-chicken-lettuce thing in the last episode was so childish, and his unwillingness to participate in this ep as if he were taking some kind of high road was equally obnoxious. In the kitchen, Lisa and Dale were a hot stinky mess.