Top Chef Masters - S3E2 Postmortem
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By popular demand... chatter away!
April 13, 2011
April 6, 2011
Top Chef Masters - S3E1 Postmortem
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One comment, huh? Yeah, that's about how I feel. "Postmortem" never seemed more appropriate.
Fears realized. This definitely isn't the same show as the previous two seasons of Masters. Instead, it's the show I just watched for the past four and a half months, with more-established chefs. Except based on the previews, it looks like your prize for paying your dues is even stupider challenges.
My heart's not in this, guys. I was feeling a little burned out as it was, and I was really looking forward to the more deliberate, soulful, food-focused vibe of Masters to kind of kick back and enjoy, but it doesn't look like that's happening. Top Chef is a competition. Masters was a celebration. But it kind of looks like the powers that be have decided that celebrations don't sell. And they could be right, I don't know, but I'm out. Maybe I'll come around in a few weeks, but at least for now, I'm going to bail on the Masters postmortems. Time to refocus on some serious food.
April 5, 2011
Ominous Signs
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Well, this is distressing.
The New York Times is reporting on the changes to season three of Masters, which has given me pause to review what I loved about the first two seasons.
- I loved Jay Rayner. I think he's the best regular judge in the history of the franchise.
- I loved that Masters cultivated an incredible sense of collegiality and mutual respect among its contestants.
- I loved that the show took a more deliberate pace, focused on the food and the people who make it, and dispensed with much of the overwrought drama.
- I loved watching true legends -- not just great talents, but legends -- work their craft.
Reserving judgment, as always. But I have a very, very bad feeling about this.
