Anyone watch Top Chef finale last night ? SPOILER ALERT

[Laura PourMeADrink]

Tom Colicchio ramrodded his choice through and totally insulted Emeril IMHO

[eissa]

1. Nina was robbed!

Under seasoned food AGAIN, and screaming at servers within ear shot of diners. I can't believe that with a talented pool of chefs this season -- most notably Nina and Shirley -- this asshole takes it.

Oh, and fuck you Padma and your narcissistic need to constantly show off your boobies. She treats the kitchen like it's a fucking catwalk. Girl, BYE!

[spinbaby]

2. Nina should have won

Can't believe Mr. Underseasoned took the prize.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

4. Padma seems like such a kind, happy, zen type of chick - it just seems incongruous

for her to flaunt herself like that.

I was ranting along with thousands of others on twitter yesterday #topchef, and Tom Colicchio actually responded to me a couple times.

He said that they don't factor in yelling or personality.

I told him I was pissed that he insulted my favorite chef, Emeril. Emeril told him his duck was inedible and Tom totally blew that comment off. He replied that they all deliberated for 4 hours.
You could tell asshole tom wanted Nick and he ramrodded the decision

[eissa]

6. Um, well, not according to Salman Rushdie

Given her antics on this show, I'm leaning towards his description of her: an incredibly vain, self-absorbed gold-digger with irrational bouts of jealousy and hostility (especially if another attractive woman is around.) And this is a man who barely had a negative word to say about any of his exes, including one he had a very nasty divorce from.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

7. Interesting. Not surprising you don't see that on the surface/TV personna. Can't

imagine he's a barrel of laughs to live with either.

[Phentex]

3. I was extremely disappointed...

Nick just seemed like an ass the whole time. And Nina was far more consistent. IF the service really went off the way they showed it, that was all the more reason Nina should have won. With editing, you just can't tell.

I was happy Nina won fan favorite and $10,000.00! I suspect she is going to do very well in the future.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

5. Yea, the way I look at it...If they were tied

going in to deliberation, Nina's extra courses, minus Nick's outburst, minus Nick's raw and chewy duck served to Emeril, should have given Nina the win.

[Jenoch]

10. Nick did pretty good during Restaurant Wars.

He also did well on the penultimate episode. What is i teresting is that none of that matters. The judges choose the winner of Top Chef based only on the food served to them during that challenge. It does not matter how they got to the finals or what happens in the kitchen.

[mtnester]

8. This was as wrong as it gets. The finale should have been Nina and Shirley

and whoever won would have been FINE with me.


Jumping the shark, one at a time.

[Jenoch]

9. Nick won because his food was better, decided by a vote of the judges.

Tom Tweeted the scoring.

"This is how we scored last nights challenge

1st course
5 to Nina

2nd
3 Nina 2 Nick

3rd
1 Nina 4 nick

4th
0 Nina 5 to nick

Nina 9 nick 11"