Dale packs his nuts

Oops, my bad,
I meant...
'Dale packs his knives & goes'

Everyone realized that this guy had issues, but I have to give props to the reviewer at BuddyTv that guessed that tonight would be the night that Dale would 'PYK&G'.

Quote:

I think that Dale makes interesting and exciting food, but this next episode is Restaurant Wars and we've already seen that cooperation and controlling his response to team-related frustration are not necessarily his strong suits. - L.S., BuddyTv

Couldn't agree more, I think he's quite capable as a solo chef, but to be a true executive 'top' chef you need to be able to control your kitchen. I just don't see those skills in this guy.

You may declare 'Oh, its those editing monkeys at Bravo.' but for me, as soon as I saw him do a crotch-grab in front of a tv crew, I knew he just didn't have the smarts to run a 4-star anything.

So congrats again to Stephanie, Richard, and Antonia - I'd wait in line to go to your 35 seat diner, anytime. -----------
P.S.

Was it any surprise that both teams wanted Jen as sous?

P.P.S.

via TWoP:

"Lisa?, embrace the potato."

They Read 'Top Chef's Mind!

Actually, just a BuddyTv columnist's mind. (link below)
*Spike? Is it your yucky stuff in front of Sam & Padma?

BuddyTv has some predictions for TC:

Q. So who could head home this week?...

For one, I am wondering about Lisa.
while she has done well in some (her cake last week the best thing about her team's efforts), her screen time has been rather low... other than her conflict with Dale Talde, she really hasn't gotten much exposure...

Despite that I've grown to appreciate Andrew,
...and his deep manic well of excellent sound bites, he, too, hasn't really gotten a ton of screen time... other than his previous weight issues and his funny remarks, Andrew,.. seems more comic sidekick vs protagonist

Spike seems to be getting so much screen time,
I can't imagine he's going home yet. Ditto for Dale.
Richard has seemed to regain his strong footing.
Stephanie continues to be the scrappy competitor...
Antonia... her edit makes me feel like she has the skills to stick around for a bit, barring any major misstep.

FYI: my S4 predictions:

Next to go: Spike #7 -- Lisa #6 -- Dale #5 -- Andrew #4
Finalists: Antonia #3 - Richard #2 - Stephanie #1
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Thursday update:
Looks like we were -both- wrong...