Cooking Under Fire *SPOILERS*
We usually watch Cooking Under Fire on Thursday night, but the timing and TV reception worked out, so we saw it tonight right after we all got home from the office. If you don’t want to know what happens until after you’ve seen it tomorrow night, stop reading and avert your gaze.
We’re increasingly convinced that Katie will win and deserves to. She seemed obnoxious at first, but has bloomed and become more personable, while also standing out as especially capable, versatile, and teachable. I still have a soft spot for Autumn, and she certainly stands a chance, but she doesn’t stand out the way Katie does.
So it was that Katie being one of the two weakest ones this week was nerve wracking. In the end, the judges made the right decision. They took the best food and a bold violation of the rules over lousy food and really a weaker-willed contestant in Matt. I’m sure he didn’t help himself last week, when he was blown away as supervising chef versus Katie. Katsuji’s dishes looked and sounded especially good this week, with only Katie’s really sounding better. I know nothing about bamboo steamers, except that such a thing exists. I could kind of see what Matt was trying to accomplish, presentation-wise, by serving his crisped fish in them. Presumably he should have known better.
The scenes from next week looks more like Hell’s Kitchen than Cooking Under Fire has to date. Apparently they will actually be on a line in a New York restaurant, making food for customers. Ouch.
If you’ve not been watching this, you’ve been missing out.
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