INTRODUCTION:
The chefs are back after a holiday hiatus. Marcel, Elia, Cliff, Sam, Mike, Ilan and Betty prep a seven course meal for Debi Mazar. Queer Eye foodie, Ted Allen, guest stars.
QUICK-FIRE CHALLENGE:
Michael tells us that he wants to get immunity and sleep. He had a wisdom tooth pulled and is hopped up on pain meds. Padma, along with Ted Allen, informs the remaining chefs that immunity has been taken off the table. Cliff is like. That’s okay. I like to win for winning’s sake. Aww! How nice! We’ll see how he feels at the end of the competition if he’s not the TOP CHEF.
The contestants are then told they have to make something delicious and appetizing and mono-chromatic. Betty, who is really Captain Literal during these challenges, takes a bunch of asparagus, some limes and other green things and heaps it on a plate. It looks like garden vomit.
When Ted told her that hers was the worst, she replied that he was being ‘harsh’. Poor Betty! I’m so sick of her whining and complaining. Her food sucked and, if she can’t take criticism, she needs to get outta the kitchen and the competition.
Cliff, who is color-blind, had purple. He tried to match everything to an eggplant and made a lovely dish.
Michael, who had orange, made some awesome fried-carrot chips. He also made a nice piece of salmon. He ended up winning the challenge for both flavor, presentation and thought. He surprised everyone, especially the judges.
ELIMINATION CHALLENGE:
For the elimination challenge, the chefs choose knives with one of the seven deadly sins. Cliff loves this as the ‘sins’ are a passion of his. Michael, as the winner of the quick-fire, was able to switch his sin. He got lust but opted for Marcel’s envy. Stupid!
So, who got what?
Elia - PRIDE
Sam - ANGER
Ilan - GLUTTONY
Michael - ENVY
Marcel - LUST
Cliff - GREED
Betty - SLOTH
Sam and Marcel start arguing. Marcel then points out that it’s really funny how Sam is taking his sin – ANGER – to heart. Haha! I don’t love Marcel. He is a "selfish noodge", as Betty called him, but he really is entertaining.
They then have to present their dishes to Debi Mazar, her favorite chef, Roberto (I can’t remember his last name), Padma, Tom Colicchio, Ted Allen and some pals. Sam presents his wrathful shrimp ceviche with spicy popcorn. Next, Betty delivers some thick, slow-roasted soups that get stuck in the wine glasses she uses to serve them in. Not good.
Mike asks Sam to present his dish because he’s got an open wound on his face from the pulling of his wisdom tooth and is afraid it wouldn’t be too appetizing to the guests. When Sam introduces the dish, the crowd asks Michael to come out. He does and serves a salmon and trout dish because if he were “a trout, he’d envy a salmon.” Hehe!
Cliff presents his greedy bouillabaisse which is chock-full of seafood. Elia carves a proud roasted chicken with loads of yummy veggies. Marcel presents a lustful cherry dessert that has another foam on it. Finally, Ilan, who has been arguing quite a bit with Marcel, takes his dessert, with funky funnel cakes and all, out. It’s a gluttonous fudge cake with a macadamia nut brittle and funnel cakes that got hard like rocks and then were dipped in syrup. Oh yum! (I’m being sarcastic.)
He also tells the group that cherries lower the libido, an obvious reference to Marcel’s less than lustful dish.
FINAL OUTCOME:
In the end, Michael was deemed the winner. Tom even marveled at the win, saying that Michael should cook every week on pain medication. Haha! True that, Tom. Betty was sent home after she and Ilan ripped Marcel apart. Marcel says he’s not there to make friends, which is good ‘cuz he doesn’t really have any. He has plenty of enemies however.
