Cooking Under Fire (spoilers, in a sense)

If you haven’t seen the past week’s Cooking Under Fire, this will give away who got 86’d, as well as perhaps other details you might not want to know.  Then again, if you missed the episode, I am not sure there will be a chance to see it in the future, so who cares.

Before the episode even aired, I correctly predicted that Katsuji would be the next to go.  Turned out there wasn’t even that much of a contest.  The big surprise of the night was Sarah’s stellar performance, as I had her pegged as the alternative possibility if he somehow squeaked through.

At this point I think the judges want Katie to win, and she can get away with more than she might because she’s that good overall.  They considered her slow speed to be extremely bad this episode, but that can be overcome in an actual work environment, making the same dishes regularly, knowing them by heart, flowing into a routine.

Autumn surprised me that she fell apart so much and let her nervousness distract her.  I’d been more impressed with her to date.  She and Sarah will have to step up in a huge way to have a chance. 

But then, that is why the challenges vary.  This week was cooking a specific three dishes, on a live restaurant line, called out as if they were normal orders, with minimal instructiions and no previous experience making each dish.  In particular, I found Todd’s instructions how to make the most complext dish impossibly slurred and rushed to follow.  Maybe you had to be there and what we saw was also the result of editing the footage.  I found the calamari preparation fascinating.  I had no idea you’d tell it was done frying by sound.

It appears next week is a creativity challenge.  They each get the same, limited set of ingredients and have to create a dish of their choice.  That’s tough too.  I predict that unless she is completely heinous, Katie will not be eliminated, and it’ll be between Autumn and Sarah.  Sarah, most likely, but it could easily go either way.

What do you think?

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