Originally Posted by
thegeneral
"If Lisa had won, I would have never watched that show again."
I'm amazed at people's reactions like this. It's Top Chef, not top likable person. People rarely meet who cooks their food. There was only one person who had good food for THE WHOLE MEAL. It wasn't Richard or Stephanie. Stephanie's dessert looked like something you whip up out of a box. Making desserts isn't that hard. I'm amazed that some of these guys haven't had more experience.
Richard had no focus in making his meals. Stephanie and Lisa tied course for course although it was very close in the first course. Stephanie was owned in the dessert round. I could make that dessert. Lisa had good food the whole way through. The others didn't.
The judges looked at the four courses and then the meal as a whole. Lisa won 3/5 of those. They gave it to Stephanie though because most people care more about who they like and identify with rather than other merits. I guess that's why this country is run by a dufus who got C's in college.
Lisa, sadly enough, won that challenge and is the Top Chef. Stephanie lost the challenge and gets the title. Mostly so people won't get their panties in a bunch.
Throughout the show Lisa made a good dish only a few times. When the judges (Ted Allen in particular) talked about how they chose, they look at the chef's overall performance and their performance in the final challenge.
Stephanie had great dishes throughout the filming and I can only think of one dish that the judges had a hard time with, the children's dish.
I thought Stephanie would win from the beginning and I was right.