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[bbcookin]

I'm not buying that Frank is in the finals.

Me either! And if he is in the final four this is definitely my last season of TC!

[muirford]

I just got back from my vacation in Hawaii and who should be on my flight back? Ilan, Becky, Marcel, and Frank!

Who the heck is Becky? You must mean Betty, right?

[bbcookin]

Who the heck is Becky? You must mean Betty, right?

Some people are sharper than a Hattori Hanzo knife.

Just joking!

[Agnes Gooch]

I could definitely see those four being the "Tier Two" competitors -- they have talent but maybe not the full range that it seems Sam and Cliff have, and probably Elia has. Although I would put Ilan in a Tier One category, too. I'd bet they were traveling back from either sous-chefing for the finalists or a reunion shoot of some sort.

So that might mean we lose Michael, Marisa and Josie next! Happy, happy, joy, joy! (but where do we slot Carlos in there? I can't say as that he's clearly Tier One material, but neither is he Tier Three in my books. And Mia's a big eh for me.)

This post has been edited by Agnes Gooch: Nov 10, 2006 @ 11:07 am.

[LogCabinPat]

he was carrying this LV case of what I assume where his knives

I doubt anyone's knives are allowed as carry-on luggage these days.

[GANative]

The challenge with the chickenfeet and animal parts is reminiscent of a food show with Anthony Bourdain eating his way across China. Nothing goes to waste in Mainland China with regards to food.

Pork Chop I think I know the show you are referring too...Most odd foods or something like that...with bats and drinking swamp water and eatting a beating frogs heart...

But back on topic...I can't see the Frank in the Final Four. My Cliff has to be somewhere in there...The dude can cook his butt off and the flavor combinations are awesome...
They need to hurry up and get Flounder off my screen and send him on his way back to his wife.

[abbottrabbit]

My guess would be that if they were all in HI for the reunion, they cleverly flew them back in groups of four to throw everyone off. I can see a few of those folks being Final Four material, but not all of them.

[atomica]

I was told by a reliable source last year who was in the final two (edited: I meant to say three), and my source was correct. This person just told me yesterday who is in the final 4. Should I post what this person said, and should I use spoiler space?

Then there's something about Elia's physical appearance coming up that is interesting--should I spoiler that too?

Sorry for being a dumbshit--I just want to clarify and do it correctly.

This post has been edited by atomica: Nov 17, 2006 @ 11:32 pm.

[BeanyMalone]

This is the spoiler thread. Post away. Well, unless your violating a confidence or such. That's up to your conscience. Spoiler bars not required in the spoiler thread.

This post has been edited by BeanyMalone: Nov 17, 2006 @ 8:12 pm.

[porkchop1]

I am almost positive that Frank did not make the final four. I looked at Frank's schedule and it was filled up through Mid-November for engagements in California.

[GoIrish2]

Atomica, please post! We'd love to hear who's in the final four.

[atomica]

No, I'm not violating a confidence and my conscience won't bother me. I wasn't real surprised to hear who was in the final four (except I'm surprised Cliff isn't among them):

Ilan
Elia
Sam
Marcel

And apparently Elia shaves her head sometime later in the season, and I was told that the producers of the show weren't real pleased that she did it. <shrug>

This post has been edited by atomica: Nov 17, 2006 @ 11:32 pm.

[sweetlaurieann]

well, blow me down and call me popeye. No Cliff, no Betty (my girl), no Carlos, but goober-dick Marcel stays. For some reason this makes me laugh. What a nudge!
Thanks for the scoop Atomica

edited cause i can't read
edited again cause it would seem that I can't spell either (ha!)

This post has been edited by sweetlaurieann: Nov 17, 2006 @ 11:49 pm.

[tarragon918]

Thanks, Atomica! I do have to comment a big Hmpf! at it being Elia instead of Cliff in the quad - which save that mirrored my own speculation/hoped for quad. *laughs* Nothing really against Elia--she did have the gaffe with the red wine flambe in the first Quickfire and then got all snooty this last episode about kidneys and not soaking them. If they do prove to be the Final Four, it should be a good showdown in Hawaii.

[archer1267]

I can't imagine Marcel being in the final four over Cliff (Elia too, for that matter) - I guess it's the Wendy Pepper syndrome of there always being someone else fouling up more than he does.

I'm thinking that we finally see Cliff's self-professed short fuse and it gets him in trouble. (I'm waiting for that clip of Sam telling someone "No one wants to be around you!") Because it can't be about the guy's cooking - he's consistently in the top of the pack, other than the Camp Glucose team debacle.