Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Top Chef: The summary of the week

Monday night, M6 aired the seventh episode of Top Chef's second season, his TV reality cooking. Six candidates were still in the running this week: Fanny, Paul Arthur, Peter Blood, Ronan, Stephen and Tiffany. So British! First round of the show: a love of French dishes typical of the English. Not easy when you know the culinary tastes of our friends across the Channel! Having drawn that cook anything, Tiffany finds himself having to make frog legs, Peter Blood a veal tongue and Arthur a sausage.

For Stephanie, this is the horse, while Ronan will be snails. As for Fanny, she will cook the black pudding. During preparation, everyone tries to forget that this is typical French food and make it more ... British: a little lemon juice over the sausage, pear with sausage, donuts for snails ...

The jury, composed of British journalists and columnist, does not really relish the dishes cooked by the candidates ... Nevertheless, it is Fanny who won the event with his black pudding. War of the restaurants or gender war? After this examination, candidates must compete in "War of the restaurants." The principle divided into two teams, they will have to create a restaurant ...

in 48 hours! The budget is imposed: 2,500 euros for a map. Applicants must also think about decorating and find an original concept. They will be judged by including three former candidates to Top Chefet a former Michelin inspector. It is ultimately a war against boys girls settled. While everyone is responsible for its respective decorations, girls and boys experiencing mishaps: a huge wooden table purchased by Fanny does not fit into the restaurant, while Peter Blood lined stainless steel tables boys in the restaurant rubbing with a scraper! When the competition really begins, the tension mounts in particular between Fanny and Tiffany, on the one hand, and Peter Blood and Ronan, on the other.

Tension aside, the proposed entry by the boys, an onion soup, a stir with the jury. The flat, slightly less, and the meal ends badly when jurors do not appreciate the behavior of Peter Blood, who prefers to laugh from his mistakes. Among girls, the various inputs and appetizers like a lot to the jury.

In contrast, the flat fish, a little less attractive because it is not cooked enough. Fortunately, the desert is appreciated and the meal ends on a positive note. At the time of the verdict, it is the girls with the necessary 14 votes to 15. The last chance? Duck! Last test of the program: make a dish of duck.

Event requires upgrading, it is boys who gets stuck. And complicated history of the case, they must cook the duck two ways! After this event the last chance is finally Paul Arthur who won with his mallard appreciated. Peter Blood and Ronan are left behind and it is he who leaves the doors of adventure to the quarterfinals.

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