Serious Eats - seriouseats.com

I think they should have "chopped" him first! Instead they let him continue to participate......FN keeps disappointing me....

Ok soooooo...... double dipping is bad........ right?! *note to self........*

He'll have his own program.....fn is good about trying to shove things down your throught....

That's terrible. It's just as bad as an "established" cooking show host not cleaning up their work area after cutting chicken or not even washing their hands (on camera) after working with meat or poultry. If you put someone on TV to demo a cooking show, they have a responsibility to encourage kitchen sanitation. And in the case of these cooking "reality" game shows, it should be held against the contestant.

@PB - Not dissin' you - it's been proven that double dipping is harmful. I might not blink if an immediate family member did it but I wouldn't like to see it done at a party where I don't know half the people. Professor Dawson (who ran the study) said “The way I would put it is, before you have some dip at a party, look around and ask yourself, would I be willing to kiss everyone here? Because you don’t know who might be double dipping, and those who do are sharing their saliva with you.”

Hi everybody; guess what? That kid, Chef Chris Burke is about to be a big star. He is extremely offensive and thats what makes ratings soar. Poeple will take a Hate or Love approach to him and tune in just to see how he will offend next. In 4-6 months he will have his own show and DONNA_DEE and her husband will be sprawled out on their filthy couch tuning in to see what they can find "wrong" with what he did, or more shockingly, what he said! There is No such thing as BAD publicity and people are feeding right into the palm of his hand! Not to mention, you can't even argue the fact that he is talented. One judge said, "he shows flashes of brilliance"

MattyB = Chris Burke? ya never know...........Actually... sometime you do know.

I'd say he's gonna blow up to be a big flash in the pan... not that I'll ever see it. But these so called "personalities" on FN... here today gone tomorrow.

Let me say that Chris added panache and excitement to an otherwise dull episode. The other contestants food looked boring and unappetizing as compared to Chris's imiagative dishes. If I were in restaurant I surely would have ordered that crab cake. And who doesn't like bacon ummm...

As far a double dipping have you ever seen TOP CHEF the contestants are always asked "Did you taste the dish". I agree double dipping should not be done however this is a show not a real serving restaurant. If that were the case all NYS laws would apply which would mean hats and gloves and hair nets for all.... It is a show and Chris provided a great one.

GO CHEF CHRIS hope to see more of you...

lets talk about being creativehere,? chris burke ,made "4" deserts and did it under the time limit!!! and was only judged on "1" desert and wasnt even given credit for that, plus chef burke was much better to watch even if he did run a round. he gave that show spark. that host ,tim allon, shoud be chopped.

This is coming from someone who has personally kissed Chris (back in college...CIA)... his saliva isn't that disgusting! Ha Ha, just had to get that in there.

Where's the balance in these cooking shows? It's either the chef's didn't try their creations, or they are overdoing it like Chris and his double dipping. Everyone has forgiven Bobby Flay for standing on his cutting board on the iron chef competition; I think Chris is due for a second chance.

Nevertheless, this guy was quirky, cute, and talented and I hope to see more of him on tv (since I never kept in touch w/ him anyway). His demeanor is totally meant for television.

Let's face it--Burke knows how to cook, he's intense, he's creative. On this particular show his competition happened to have been weak. I mean, really, two salads as appetizers in which the ingredients were pretty much plopped on the plate, almost no effort to combine them or use other ingredients, the major difference being the one who put the bran flakes on the bottom ("toasted!") got chopped?! Even the winner, who seemed like a nice guy and was sympathetic, barely avoided disaster. BUT--Chris was a flaming jerk, unlike any other contestant I've seen on the show (although there was one other fellow who offered to "help" another contestant after he finished first). Every time Chris opened his mouth he managed to offend. Bacon isn't for women? "Thanks for the tip" about double-dipping? "What are you going to do when you get chopped" to the man who was about to beat him? Let alone accusing the woman of stealing his shitakis and then having the chutzpah to ask her for some of hers, and then not apologizing until a judge pushed him to? You could see the judges were just waiting for a good enough reason to chop him for something other than his attitude, and I was hoping they'd find one. He got off easy with the comment about his having some "maturity" issues. If I'd been a judge I'd have helped his maturing process along, by telling him no matter how talented he might be as chef, he'd consistently acted like a [select your own term], and would never be allowed to win any contest I judged.

hahaha didn't watch the episode, but am amused by the fact that there is a suddenly and suspiciously high number of people posting who "personally know" Chris. just sayin'.

Ok, I think maybe you are going a little too far. You do not personally know this man, and you are in no position to judge where his career takes him. You have no personal knowledge of his co-workers or who likes him or not. You have no idea if his fellow workers shunned him, that is a ridiculous statement made by a pompous (select your own term). There are people with attitude all across this country and that is what makes us such a rich and diverse nation, the ability to have differences of opinion. A man showing a little attitude on a tv show that is run not by him but by producers is not a crime. I will say it again that it is really naive to think that the producers did not like what was happening. If you think that Chris ran that show then you give him more credit that he deserves. But is it wise to know someone before you get too involved in what makes a person tick. Even if one of judges did not like him they acted in a professional manner. The women "accused" of stealing was not at upset as you would like to think, and the winner has worked with Chris before and they are friendly. In New York Chris could be considered one of the more passive people in the city. And, by the way, if you judged him only by his attitude then you are not giving him the credit of being a good chef, which he is, so in essence you are judging him on personality alone. Talk about pathetic.

Wow. FN re-ran this episode tonight and seriously this 'cook' comes off as entitled and simply dirty. First, he misplaces his own ingredient and proceeds to accuse another contestant of stealing from him. Then grabbing and sticking his hand in her mushroom pot before asking is she minds if he takes one. It's already in his hand! After being told his mushrooms were found in the kitchen he begrudgingly and only after prompting mind you..apologizes?! Then on to the spoon and multiple trips from the can to his mouth and back then into the food. Disgusting. When the other male who has worked in a kitchen with this "prodigy" is asked what he thinks of him he says: "he's a bozo!" High praise indeed. Somewhat unlike the rash of posters on this thread who claim to personally know and love him. LMAO!