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She is an extremely unpleasant woman. Very difficult to deal with on a professional level.

Leah Douglas, I agree. In fact, I think she's the sole redeeming quality of this entire season. Even the judge's are pissing me off for some reason.

If I'm ever on Top Chef, I'm just going to find out what the judges' favorite local restaurants are and go buy food from there to serve them. This may seem like a violation of the rules, but the fact that Alex is still around shows that Top Chef judges don't really care about rules.

Side note: After this week's dismal episode, I was so drained of energy I just sat on the couch and watched Work of Art. My God! What a pathetic collection of self-important d*ck-heads! Contestants *and* judges! Glad I never got into that show.

I've got the double-barrel version and it is, in a word, totally frickin awesome. Well, actually I guess that's three words.

Why the hate for bacon?

Eli's comment about Star Wars shows what an imbecile he is. The only important thing she's ever done? Uh, jackass...ever hear of The Professional? Tool...

Robin may not be outclassed by everyone else on the show (and a few that aren't on the show anymore), it's everyone else's reaction to her that pisses me off. Mostly Eli (aka 'Momma's Boy') and Mike (aka 'F'd Up Forehead Guy'). Both of them have been complete a-holes and need to go home.

First off, if Kevin doesn't win Top Chef, the whole thing is a sham. He's quite obviously the best and most consistent one in the bunch.
But more importantly, as irritating and passive/aggressive as Robin may be, Eli and Mike showed absolutely zero class this episode and I am now actively rooting for their elimination.
Eli, she's right. Clean up after yourself. Your mommy might hand-scrub your skid-marked Underoos at home, but in the real world, chefs leave a clean workspace.
Mike, show a little f*cking class in the stew-room. She should go because you don't like her, regardless of her food? F-U, pal. I haven't liked you since day one. Your forehead looks like it's wearing a muscle-shirt.
I have never disliked a bunch of Top Chef contestants as much as I dislike most of these clowns. Blyech.

My God! How many freaking bullets can Ashley dodge? She is always at the bottom and always seems to surprised about it. She's a lousy cook with a lousy attitude. They have GOT to get rid of her soon.

Shuffer: Sorry but that rationale just doesn't fly. Signing on for a cooking show in Vegas, and then pouting because they want you to cook for a wedding-related event is just juvenile. She even admitted that she knew it was probably going to happen. So what's her problem, exactly? She seemed to have a beef with Top Chef for 'putting her in that situation' more than society in general for 'not letting her get married'. Imagine a chef who is in Gambler's Anonymous who signs on for Top Chef: Vegas and then pisses and moans because they keep asking him to roll dice and play poker as part of the challenges. Man up, Nancy. You knew what was going to be involved before you showed up, so you have no one to blame but yourself.

Also of note, the best hamburger I've ever had in my life was at a restaurant where the chef was a very strict vegetarian (for morale reasons). She managed to take his personal convictions out of the picture and give the customer what he wanted. Why is Ashley so special

One of two things is going on. Either Ashley is a spoiled, whiny little attention whore who has to piss on everyone else's good time (in which case, she needs to be the next to go), or the producers just injected a little manufactured drama to boost ratings (in which case, Top Chef is not the show I thought it was and is, in fact, more like Real World)

I love Sonic's Bacon Cheeseburger Toaster Sandwich, but frankly it doesn't taste as good unless it has a side of fried pickles and a lemon/berry slushie and I'm eating it in my Jeep with the top down on a 72-degree spring day with a slow breeze out of the southeast.

Pretty particular, I guess.