Beyond Reality - Top Chef NYC Finale Recap 2/25/09

Beyond Reality - Top Chef NYC Finale Recap 2/25/09
Its down to Hosea, Carla & Stefan. Richard, Casey & Marcel from past seasons are on hand as sous chefs. Hosea chooses Richard, Stefan chooses Marcel & Carla is left with Casey. The chefs must prepare the best 3 course meal of their life. They'll have two hours to prep & three hours to cook at Commanders Palace. Tom surprises the chefs with a twist - they must make an appetizer with the selected ingredient. Hosea chooses redfish for himself, crab for Carla & Alligator for Stefan. Judges included - Susan Spicer, John Besh, Rocco DiSpirito, Hubert Keller, Fabio, Toby, Gail, Tom, Padma, Branford Marsalis, Tory McPhail & Ti Martin.
Carla was eliminated & Hosea won. Congratulations Hosea!

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[notanotherpenguin]

Man that was one horrible finale.

First my girl Carla let herself get talked into doing different thigns by Casey which cost her big time.

Then Stefan kept getting the short straw.

Carla Cried (I have so muchrespect for stefan for comforting her though)

And then of course Hosea somehow managed to beat two chef leagues better than him. Ugh

Displeased.

Carla, Stefan.... in my eyes you both are true top chefs. Hootie!

[Raftrap]

Stefan should have won, it was so clear from the beginning, Hossea shouldn't have been there anyway, he and Leah should have left before Jamie anyway, it was either Stefan or Carla, but no it's Hossea, I'll get over that later, congrats anyway I guess.

[NinkaPanda]

OMG I never liked Carla.

Now I hate her. God she is such a sabotager!

[jessmdlovestwilight]

DO A REUNION EPISODE RECAP PLEASE!!!!

[sheena567]

are you guys going to do the top chef reunion episode please

[gavinnewsome]

Hosea's the winner. It's already happened. Whether you liked it or not!

[Done5908]

It's too late at this point. You vote on the fan favorite session for Top Chef on the Bravo Channel website. I don't know the start date, but it ended February 11.

[screamingdean5]

When and where do we vote for the fan favorite? I missed out on voting for the last ones.

[Done5908]

I was rooting for Jeff too. This was the worst Top Chef finale. I don't like the two-part finale with five competing in the first part and three in the second. It was better when they only had two in the finale. If I had to pick a final three, it would have been Fabio, Jeff, and Carla. I hope Fabio wins the fan favorite. As for Hosea, there was just something wrong with him having the skills to prepare that damn lamb and letting Ariane struggle over it. That's just not a top chef in my book.

[screamingdean5]

I was actually rooting for Jeff, the comeback kid. It would have been even better if Jeff had won the whole thing but at least he got to redeem himself a little bit when he was complimented the guest judge in the last episode. And it was great seeing him at the end with everyone else.

[DreadShamus]

I'm so glad it came out in a way you can't stand. Hosea just beating Stefan is perfect. Makes it that much worse a loss for him.

[thezachman]

this season began to suck when ariane was thrown under the bus by leah and the "winner", josea. the only person i wanted to succeed after that was carla, and she was let down by that wingnut casey. very dissapointed, i must say.