It's funny, eh?
I saw it a bit different. I thought right from the beginning of the episode Ahrahn was an insolent little upstart. She was so rude about Old dude Mispronouncing her name and her general attitude was narky - she'd be slapped silly if she carried on like that anywhere else, wouldn't she?
I saw ahrah as being nasty first, right from the before she was even chosen for his team
Maybe I'm a bit old school there, but you don't have to like the person, but you need to respect their position. Hard to explain.No one was asking her to date him, just become part a team with a unified goal.
I guess, to have so many against him thoiugh, there must be someth8ing in him I haven't seen. To me he seems like a well mannered older man, and I was impressed by his humility when he was replaced as leader of the group. He didn't spit the dummy, he took it on the chin, acknowledged his short comings and made way for the sake of the team. So he's a lousy leader? The competition isn't Hell's Kitchen where they are looking for a leader to run a Brigade, they're looking for a housewife/husband to write a few cookbooks.
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Group Challenge
I liked both scallop dishes, I would have been challenged to pick a winner there, though I guess it would come down to execution. I may have leaned towards the one with advocado, simply cos I like the combination of advocado and scallops.
I didn't like either fish dish, but the one with tomatoes was my least favourite, though I dislike the pink puree, can't remember who used it though
As it was a team challenge, it was right that blue team won. They worked much better as a team.
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The steak Challenge.
I'm a bit perplexed that they all had soggy frittes, I mean, c'mon hey, that's a pretty basic thing and there were really only 2 components on that plate to nail.
Old dude, he basted that baby the whole way through cooking - his would have had the superior flavour, and at the end of the day, he delivered the correct temperature - his steak looked good. He deserved to win that. The others may feel he ios an **bleep**hole, but he can cook.
The liettle fella, Joran? He did the worst, he didn't render the fat on his steak
The guy getting help from the peanut gallery - he should have been disqualified, or at least the PG told to can it. That would have been enough to psyche the other two out. Maybe that's ok for the old dude, but the little fella is only 19, it would have undermined any confidence he did have. And what the heck was with the coboy using the blow torch? Seriously? *shiver*
Some people can go their whole lives and never really live for a single minute.
