Sun, Mar 3, 2013
The five contestants, when not nursing hangovers, assess their chances of winning based on experiencing the first party hosted by Evi. Marcel Parent is second on the list to host the dinner party. His menu consists of sparkling wine as the welcome drink, watermelon, feta and black olive salad as the appetizer, beef tenderloin as the main course, and cinnamon rolls and chocolate semifreddo for dessert. Marcel believes that his menu can't be beat, and will be topped off by his presentation skills. As the evening progresses, the differences between the five become more of an issue than it did on night one, which they all try to channel into the competition itself. Marcel's guests leave his house admiring his woodworking skills, but will they say the same of his cooking and hosting?
Sun, Mar 3, 2013
The five reassess their chances of winning based on the first two parties. Johnny Gough is third on the list to host the dinner party. Johnny's head banger-inspired menu consists of "shake hands with the jerky" as the appetizer, hand banger burgers and fries as the main course, and slam dancing sandwiches for dessert. Johnny's guests are not looking forward to tonight's party if only because of not knowing what to expect in terms of food coming from a seemingly inexperienced, vegetable challenged young man. Johnny goes through some ups and downs for the evening, but shows different sides of himself to his guests, some expected, some not so much. But will they be pleasantly surprised by the food? Some stories of his personal life may garner Johnny some sympathy points.
Sun, Mar 3, 2013
Linda David is the host for the evening. Thus far, Linda, who expected to win, believes that Marcel is the person to beat of those who have hosted thus far and as such she needs to raise her game. Her Mediterranean-inspired menu consists of a blue martini as the welcome drink, Mediterranean salad with tiropita as the appetizer, souvlaki as the main course, and pear compote with homemade vanilla ice cream for dessert. She issues a blue dress code to match the Greek flag/Mediterranean Sea theme. She also issues an optional bathing suit, those who bring theirs which demonstrates the adventurousness of the four guests. After the guests' arrival, one fears the unknown and the "warm fuzzies" in the menu. Despite the general enjoyment of the evening from the air hockey tournament to the hot tub party and the food, Evi and Marcel direct their thoughts away from Linda's party to Pierre's hypercritical and know-it-all attitude.
Sun, Mar 3, 2013
Pierre Paris is the last of this fivesome to host. Evi, Linda and Marcel believe Pierre has been overly critical this week and thus will assess his party from a higher standard based on those critical comments. Their attitude is strengthened when they read what they consider his overly pretentious menu. His menu consists of fresh pasta with a choice of sauces, Waldorf salad, quail egg crab cakes and tuna tapenade bruschetta as the appetizer, poulet Parisienne as the main course, and trifle for dessert. Despite his guests' overly critical eye, Pierre is confident he can pull out all the stops as he considers himself to be a good cook who has all the necessary tools to create the perfect meal, including expensive kitchen knives (which is not the only expensive knife collection he does have) and extra burners beyond those attached to his stove. Beyond that critical attitude, his guests want to find out what truly lurks behind Pierre's staid surface, and may judge him further if he can't let his hair down. He will find out if his expensive kitchen knives and extra burners have in part resulted in the perfect dinner party as he announces the winner of the $1,000.