After whipping up a chilled pork tenderloin and pairing it with a pinot noir for Charlie Palmer's famous Pigs and Pinot event, Top Chef's Ash Fulk was eliminated for what the judges felt was a flavorless dish. TVGuide.com caught up with the New York City chef get his take on the judge's decision, Robin's "intense" personality and why he won't be inviting Padma to any of his dinner parties.
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TVGuide.com: Do you think you deserved to go after the Pigs and Pinot challenge?
Ash Fulk: Well, of course part of me wanted to stay for Restaurant Wars, but my dish ...
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TVGuide.com: Do you think you deserved to go after the Pigs and Pinot challenge?
Ash Fulk: Well, of course part of me wanted to stay for Restaurant Wars, but my dish ...
Read More >...
- 10/16/2009
- by Gina DiNunno
- TVGuide.com - Features
After whipping up a chilled pork tenderloin and pairing it with a pinot noir for Charlie Palmer's famous Pigs and Pinot event, Top Chef's Ash Fulk was eliminated for what the judges felt was a flavorless dish. TVGuide.com caught up with the New York City chef get his take on the judge's decision, Robin's "intense" personality and why he won't be inviting Padma to any of his dinner parties.
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TVGuide.com: Do you think you deserved to go after the Pigs and Pinot challenge?
Ash Fulk: Well, of course part of me wanted to stay for Restaurant Wars, but my dish ...
Read More >...
Watch Top Chef videos in our Online Video Guide
TVGuide.com: Do you think you deserved to go after the Pigs and Pinot challenge?
Ash Fulk: Well, of course part of me wanted to stay for Restaurant Wars, but my dish ...
Read More >...
- 10/16/2009
- by Gina DiNunno
- TVGuide - Breaking News
I love pinot noir so this week's episode of Top Chef ("Pigs and Pinot") would have already been a treat but the producers stacked things further in my favor by adding in the pork element, courtesy of Charlie Palmer. There's a rich chocolate and coffee-spiked earthiness to pinot that makes it the ideal red wine for me; it can be full-bodied without knocking you to the ground like some Cabs and it stands up well to pairings. Which was essentially the theme of this week's Top Chef, which had the chefs pairing not one but two dishes this week. The Quickfire Challenge was a hellishly tricky one (in my estimation, anyway), with the contestants tasked with pairing a dish with a particular Alexia snack. Food and alcohol pairings have proven difficult for some contestants so food and snack pairing? Even trickier. But it was the Elimination Challenge where the pressure...
- 10/15/2009
- by Jace
- Televisionary
Top Chef was all about the pairings on Wednesday's show -– and we're not talking about a partner challenge. This week, the chefs had to match a pinot noir with a pork dish and cook for a large crowd at an event with a tough guest judge to boot. All in all, a pretty satisfying episode packed with plenty of drama outside the kitchen too. Quickfire: That exacting judge was Charlie Palmer who announced this week's Quickfire challenge. Palmer may be recognizable to foodies -- but the restaurant mogul was also very familiar to Bryan and Michael Voltaggio, who have both worked for him before. The other chefs were equally daunted and warned about his demanding palate. As for the challenge, the competitors had to create a dish that would pair perfectly with a snack food. (Think onion rings or chips!) Among the best: Bryan, who made a steak dish...
- 10/15/2009
- by StyleWatch
- People.com - TV Watch
Tonight on a new episode of Top Chef: Las Vegas, the chef.testants get a very special visit from notable chef/restaurateur Charlie Palmer to judge the .Quickfire Challenge." According to Bravo, the pressure is on for the Voltaggio brothers .who both have a history with Palmer . to deliver to his expectations. And the tension between Robin and the rest of the remaining contestants escalates when Eli gets ticked off. Does Robin deserve to still be there? And will she make it to the next challenge? Catch it tonight @ 10/9c only on Bravo: Not a Family Affair All About Charlie...
- 10/14/2009
- by April MacIntyre
- Monsters and Critics
On tonight's episode of Top Chef, the nine chefs arrive at guest judge Charlie Palmer's Aureole restaurant at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, with a never-ending supply of wine. For the challenge, they must work in conjunction with Food & Wine magazine to host one of Palmer's famous Pigs and Pinot events.
On the last episode of Top Chef, the quickfire challenge required the chef to create a dish using three key words via - mood, taste and texture, and kind of cuisine, and in true Top Chef: Las Vegas fashion, they used a slot machine to determine the words. Some of the crazy combinations include: Stressed, crunchy, Asian; blue, cheesy, Middle-Eastern, stressed, umami, Latin American.
On the last episode of Top Chef, the quickfire challenge required the chef to create a dish using three key words via - mood, taste and texture, and kind of cuisine, and in true Top Chef: Las Vegas fashion, they used a slot machine to determine the words. Some of the crazy combinations include: Stressed, crunchy, Asian; blue, cheesy, Middle-Eastern, stressed, umami, Latin American.
- 10/14/2009
- by editor@buddytv.com
- buddytv.com
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