Top Chef Finale
Posted: Sat Feb 08, 2014 12:44 pm
Nick won--didn't see THAT coming!
So hard to tell anything without tasting the food, of course, but I have to admit that on plating alone I'd have given it to Nick. His presentations were modern and sophisticated--definitely signaled my "want to eat" response--just compare the opening tartares, for instance. No contest. Was surprised, in fact, that Nina's were so lame. Everything was chopped at the bottom of a bowl, it seemed.
But something I wonder: they give them each a "restaurant" set-up. Yet they seemed to have been judged only on the food, not the service. So why the set-up?
So hard to tell anything without tasting the food, of course, but I have to admit that on plating alone I'd have given it to Nick. His presentations were modern and sophisticated--definitely signaled my "want to eat" response--just compare the opening tartares, for instance. No contest. Was surprised, in fact, that Nina's were so lame. Everything was chopped at the bottom of a bowl, it seemed.
But something I wonder: they give them each a "restaurant" set-up. Yet they seemed to have been judged only on the food, not the service. So why the set-up?