![]() THEN they were told that those groups of three wouldn’t actually be “teams,” but rather the people they’d be cooking head to head against, while making amuses bouche using all three ingredients. Then they were joined in groups of three. Then they were told that they’d have to use that ingredient for an amuse-bouche. ![]() “So you’re saying that if it wasn’t for that box of Ritz crackers, you wouldn’t have that Michelin star?” asked Padma, a line reminiscent of Lewis Black’s “ if it weren’t for my horse, I never would’ve spent that year in college.”Īnd she said it in a tone that suggested that this was the third or fourth time she’d read the line, and just before the cameras rolled asked “Oh, you want me to SELL it?” Before delivering it with the same barely-disguised malice with which you tell your most despised colleague “have a great vacation!” Now I need to hear Tom Colicchio do a sarcasm-drenched live read for Shari’s Berries.Īnyway, the contestants were first told that they’d have to choose a single ingredient from a platter of unusual ingredients. Lastra then told a story about how he had never cooked until he was 15, when he saw a recipe for a crab dip on the back of a Ritz crackers box, made it for his family, and it ended up being a big hit. Ta da! My toddler would’ve been thrilled. More importantly, the challenge was sponsored by Ritz Crackers, which Padma revealed by pulling a giant silver cloche off a box of Ritz crackers. ![]() Perhaps there’s a lesson here? Oink oink oink!Īnyway, in the vein of Top Chef‘s producers gettin’ that bag, this week’s Quickfire Challenge was introduced by Santiago Lastra, “the only Michelin star Mexican chef in the UK.” (An impressive achievement in the land of gwocky molo). And yet, I happily sat through the 54 minutes of this episode like a piggy cavorting in slop. I remember when Project Runway switched to 90-minute episodes, because that was the moment I stopped watching Project Runway. The hostility is naked.This season’s episodes of Top Chef World All-Stars, including commercials, run 75 minutes (about 54 without ads), and I think we can all agree that that is much too long for a reality cooking competition. Perhaps the most chilling section of the footage which Skeans himself filmed of the attack is toward the end, when the assailant is being removed by security to cries of “let him go” by many of the rally attendees. Though it may not have proved deadly, it remains the case that with the attack on Skeans, another line has been crossed in the President’s campaign against the free press.Īs O’Donoghue suggested, by corralling them in pens, then whipping up the crowd, Trump places journalists attending his rallies in a particularly vulnerable position. (The Saudi Crown Prince denies any involvement.) If the media speaks with one voice, Trump will have to listenĪnd while the US media has covered the story, its coverage has been somewhat muted: an assault on a respected member of the foreign press at the near-instigation of the President isn’t so remarkable in this new normal where in the last year a newsroom was the target of a mass shooter and friendly relations were maintained with a country (Saudi Arabia) which carried out the murder of a US resident (Jamal Khashoggi) writing for the Washington Post. Skeans was not seriously injured, and where once the incident would have generated a huge response, through the looking glass world where Trump is President and each day’s outrageous event is superseded by the next, it seems likely to be forgotten by almost everyone except the cameraman himself. White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders has since issued a statement, saying “President Trump condemns all acts of violence against any individual or group of people – including members of the press.” A man got on to the platform after this (goading) had happened repeatedly in the President’s speech, and previous speeches. “I’ve been spat at before, they hurl abuse. ![]() “This is a constant feature of these rallies, a goading of the crowds against the media,” O’Donoghue said. The secret to a healthy relationship with the pressĪs Gary O’Donoghue, the reporter working with Skeans, later suggested when he described the incident, the assault followed a now-familiar tirade by the President against the press, in which he accused the media of failing to acknowledge his achievements and claimed “93% of the stories are negative.”
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