Well their starting off the third series with an all-star competition. I think it's kind of cool, and I personally think season one will blow season two out of the water. I don't know why, but I got the impression that the top chefs (eww poor choice of words) from season one were way more seasoned that season two.

Anyway, I'm eager. Are you?

I am eager. Just started watching the Next Food NEtwork Star last night but it holds no candle to Top Chef. Plus I think Hell's Kitchen will be starting soon as well.

I'm not a big fan of reality tv in general, but Bravo does it right !

I'll be watching Top Chef season 3.

I agree that season 1 chefs have it all over the season 2 crew.

3-1. Dave was the weak link and deservedly was the only loser from Season 1. Nice to see Tiffany realize that she was an annoying whore and fixed that. Harold is still the man. Dave is such a freaking drama queen.

"Season 3 people are out there so be ready to deal with that"

WTF? Seriously, you are no better than they are Twitchy.

I got hooked on season two. Not really sure why I like this show so much, but this doesn't hurt:

I want to look at admire but my eyes go straight for that huge scar on her arm.

Guess I've never seen it.

I read about it some where that she had gotten into a car accident. I googled it somewhere.

Season 1 had much better cooks than season 2. For some reason the people from season 2 just seemed to act so young compared to the season 1. Yeah I know there was a lot of drama in season 1 also but I just cant explain it.


Really looking forward to season 3.

the new cast looks pretty interesting. gotta see how the season goes. Seems to have better Top Chefs than season 2. Meaning the two that were in the top tonight look really strong. Strong like harold strong.

yea, I think if they have a season 2 vs season 3 they would also blow season 2 out of the water.

I don't know about anyone else, but when I saw the look on people's faces when they showed the ingredients, I could tell you 3 out of the 4 people who would be in the bottom

It was funny that they tried to keep it suspenseful when we all knew that the hillbilly was going home.

I know this might sound really bad, but does anyone think he might go home and kill himself like his father did?

No doubt. Felt bad for the kid though.

Did anyone watch the second episode? And who do you think is the favorite to win at this point?
I think The Asian guy is the top runner so far.

yea. season 3 cliff and vietguy are definitely the top runners. But, they haven't really shown a lot of the other players, so the predictions are worthless. This might be boring, but I feel like they're setting up them as the final 2, so I hope they're not stringing us along.


Specifically about episode 2, I think they should have sent both mohawk chick and mr. clean home. She didn't "complete the task" and he made critical mistakes in both elimination challenges.


I'm rooting for mr. northwest and tall guy. they both seem like they are swinging for the fences on every challenge

is mr. northwest the guy who did the eil and snake? if so thats the guy im rooting for so far. But you are right they haven't really shown much of everyone else yet.

yea. I think he said he was from seattle.

I'm actually quite impressed with the Season 3 cast at this point.

I am a fan of Hung so far. I like his style and the fact that he is friends with triangle-head from last season makes
it really interesting.

Hung does seem like the favorite so far and he is the first chef on any show that is arrogant and really backs it up. Maybe arrogant isnt even the right word very confident and backs it up.

it's always interesting getting further into the season. just when you think someone is doing well they screw things up. I'm not impressed by any of the ladies so far sadly (in terms of cooking) as for other things I don't know yet.

Mr. Hat (formerly mr. northwest) seems to be the "Ilan" type. specialty chef who can do very well within their specialty (Ilan: Spanish cuisine Mr. Hat: seafood)

tall guy is taller than I thought. I laughed when I saw him standing side by side with his fellow bottom foursome.

I'm thinking we all may have overrated season 3 cliff. what's he done so far? He was in the bottom 3 of a quickfire (maybe twice? was he in this latest? I forget) and an elmination challenge. He won the first. He hasn't really brought much to the table other than that.

I'll probably have other random thoughts later. I love this show.

I'm confused. So much so I watched it again to make sure I wasn't crazy.

Last week Sahra was not in the competition. This week the one big dude who fought with the short big dude was not in the competition. Did I miss an explanation somewhere?

They were in the competition, they just were not shown throughout the episode. Except you can see the big guy that was in the fight in the previous ep. clapping when the short guy won the elimination challenge.

Yeah i started think that "Mr. Hat" was turning out to be like Ilan, and i really hope that doesn't turn out to be the case.

But dont start knockin Cliff quite yet. Its only been 3 EP. He one the first one, was in the bottom the second, and if i remember right he was just middle of the pack last night. If he can do what he did in the first EP he has a great shot at winning this thing.

And FWIW Im glad that "I miss my daughter" lady was eliminated. I didnt like anything she brought to the table.

was there no show this week? or did my DVR just forget to record it?

they took the 4th off. it's back next week

when is the next episode??? i have only seen the first two

they showed the 4th episode last night. as you may or may not know, bravo replays these shows over and over and over and over .... and over

episode 4 discussion below

kinda boring episode. I always feel bad when people leave because they fail in pastry. not that I know anything about cooking or anything. I find Hung to be very funny. a couple times he has questioned the decision during the quick fire. the one last night was awesome. editing probably screwed it up what really happened, but

Hung: "creamy and sweet go together"
Judge: "It just didn't work quite right"
Hung: "So you're saying creamy and sweet don't work?" "I called him out"

Way to go Hung!!!

I was sad to see relatively hot chick #2 go, but at least relatively hot chick #1 is still there. hopefully her performance in the elimination challenge doesn't carry over to the next episode.

grr no one has ep 3 or 4 on demonoid...anyone have a link to a torrent?

shirley you can watch/record at one of these times

Fri. July 13 1:30 AM BRAVO Cooking by Numbers #3.5
Fri. July 13 1:30 PM BRAVO Family Favorites #3.4
Fri. July 13 2:30 PM BRAVO Cooking by Numbers #3.5
Sat. July 14 5:00 PM BRAVO Sunny Delights #3.3
Sat. July 14 6:00 PM BRAVO Family Favorites #3.4
Sat. July 14 7:00 PM BRAVO Cooking by Numbers #3.5
Sun. July 15 3:00 AM BRAVO Cooking by Numbers #3.5
Sun. July 15 12:00 PM BRAVO Family Favorites #3.4
Sun. July 15 1:00 PM BRAVO Cooking by Numbers #3.5
Sun. July 15 3:00 PM BRAVO Sunny Delights #3.3
Sun. July 15 4:00 PM BRAVO Family Favorites #3.4
Sun. July 15 5:00 PM BRAVO Cooking by Numbers #3.5
Mon. July 16 2:00 AM BRAVO Cooking by Numbers #3.5
Mon. July 16 10:30 AM BRAVO Cooking by Numbers #3.5
Mon. July 16 8:00 PM BRAVO Cooking by Numbers #3.5


from imdb. 3.4 is the '3rd' episode you're talking about. 3.1 was the season1 vs season2 show

actually i can't...see my location...my bravo is different than your bravo

ahh. well. uhh. you get hockey night in canada, while I have to spend all sorts on getting a satellite system and all sorts of other bs

got you beat...you get ESPN and their WSOP coverage

you guys get to watch Lost a day earlier than us.

Yeah so far Hung is definitely my favorite chef. I like his personality as well as what he has cooked so far. I really love this show. None of the girls have really shown that much yet, however it is still really early in the season.

i dont know about you all but Hung is starting to get on my nerves. Hes so bloody arrogant. Also i think its funny the two big guys who didnt get along at first are all buddy buddy now.

Hung is on something. He has to be. He was looking all crazy eyed last night.

Hung is a fu.cking moron. It was funny last night when they were discussing who to give the boot and Gail said whe just wanted to scream at him how bad his food was!

from first to worst...see ya Leigha! She was hot though, like exactly the kind of chick i love...bit heavier but carried it well!!!!

anyone notice the tits on the Texan!!

yes and yes

i love it when shows do these Q and A shows. Just the dumb shit that comes out of their mouths is hilarious to me. Some of them just dont think before speaking. (ie) "I'm a pale African American"

ooo i missed the set up DON"T CALL ME SHIRLEY

Wow I feel bad for that guy who was eliminated last night he seemed like a nice guy.

I didn't really understand why Hung gave up so easily on getting the stuff frozen separately.

Looks like they ran out of time. They both screwed up, one didn't listen, the other not assertive enough. I was pretty surprised though to see Joey go. I figured the bitch was going to get booted. Or at least I wished.

Chubby had his ups and downs throughout this. When he left you get the feeling that he has something to prove. The kind of person maybe you'd want to have on your "team" in the finale.

Tall man has put himself forth into the top...uh...chefs in this competition. You don't see him make mistakes often and is seemingly very thoughtful about what each challenge is really about.

I'm glad relatively hot chick #1 is winnning quickfires. It's always good to know she won't be going home.

Final Four prediction.

Mr. Hat, Season 3 Cliff, Viet Guy and Tall man.

Tom Colicchio's blog is pretty interesting.

Seems pretty down on Rocco Dispirito, and not happy about the whole product placement gag bringing his show down.

did Tom write that blog or Anthony Bourdain? Im confused.

I was sad to see Joey go, seemed like a cool cat and good cook

I wanted that bitch to get kicked off, what can i say i dont like her

Relatively hot chick showed some mad skill this show, and i hope it continues

Tall guy finally won a challenge, which is great. Hes been in the middle of the pack most of the show.

Hung has been in the bottom the last two shows, if hes not careful he might go home soon.

I don't even know why they had Rocco on. Not like he actually is a good chef. he is good shmoozer who let's his places run into the ground because he stopped being a chef and is now trying to be a celebrity.

they should have thrown Hung's arrogant *** off...no way he last through the next two weeks.

Tally guy ftw

you could see that Tom was displeased at judge's table. I was totally unsurprised at his blog after seeing the look on his face when Rocco was talking

that's silly talking there

Hung knows his stuff and he's good for ratings.

Joey not only didn't listen, he was too ignorant to realize it in the first place.

Don't you think that if Joey and Howie were paired together that they would have taken down this challenge? It was a stupid challenge, as ridiculous as the one in the first season where they had to microwave their dishes to the group of women by the pool or the stupid quick fire from last season where they got their ingredients from a vending machine.

I wish they would concentrate more on the upscale and I am sure the judges would appreciate that as well.

Thanks for linking Tom's blog... good reading. I am now going to go read the rest of it.

I am going to miss Joey. I loved the dynamic between he and Howie.