Anthony Bourdain on 'Top Chef'
Guest-posting on food writer Michael Ruhlman's blog, Anthony Bourdain dishes up the short order on some of this season's Top Chef contestants. Of the remaining two:
Marcel:Is there ANYTHING this guy doesn't want to foam? So slavishly devoted to what Ferran Adria was doing TEN YEARS AGO it's....scary and sad.
Ilan: So Ilan cribs his offerings shamelessly from Andy Nusser. And he's a manipulative, conspiratorial, vindictive, weasely little shit....(Hardly impediments to a career as a chef). These are classic assets.
If you need to catch up on the show, Bravo is airing all the back episodes on Wednesday, January 31, starting at 10 a.m. ET, and ending with the season finale at 10 p.m. ET.
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It sounds like Bourdain is down on Marcel because he reminds of himself!
djacobs at 4:10PM on 01/29/07
I started watching this show for the first time in the past two weeks, and I find it watchable and even enjoy some parts. It's interesting that Bourdain tends to favor the 'quiet professional' ethic as having the most 'Top Chef' potential. The guy he really likes, Sam, who's gone now, is smart, doesn't make waves, and knows how to kitchen without ego. I think Bourdain is off about Marcel, though. Most of America has no idea what a savory foam is - maybe industry types like him feel like that's 10 years over, but that technique, Xanthan gum, and all the rest still looks cool if you haven't been to El Bulli say, ever. This is still a TV show, so having people watch it is the point. Padma's beautiful, too, and I just love her whole San Fernando Valley-with-a-stopover-at-Heathrow ditziness and accent.
Sandro at 10:14AM on 01/30/07