Sunday, April 6, 2008

Top Chef is Dyketastic

I love Top Chef. Hell, I love almost anything on the Poor Man’s Showtime (aka Bravo). But I particularly love this season because there are three – count them, three! – lesbians on this season in Chicago.

Lisa, Zoi and Jennifer are all still in the competition and I’m thrilled. Usually, Top Chef has one token lesbian competitor who gets eliminated in the first few episodes. Considering all past three winners have been men, I’d like to see a woman win this time around and bonus points if she is dyketastic.

It’s particularly interesting that Zoi and Jennifer are a couple competing against each other. I couldn’t imagine being in a competition with anyone I was dating. It just seems like the ultimate relationship killer. I mean, what happens if Zoi takes the last of the parmesan? Or Jennifer gets caught make goo-goo eyes at Padima? It’s just a recipe for drama. But then again, what in a lesbian relationship isn’t a recipe for drama? (Get it? Recipe? Top Chef? Shut up, it’s a good pun).

I don’t think any of them are particularly brilliant chefs, but I don’t think anyone on this show is a particularly amazing chef. If I wanted to watch a real cooking competition I’d watch Iron Chef America and mentally undress Cat Cora. Oh wait...I do. I love cooking shows even though I can’t cook. Seriously, I can’t. When I was living at home, my family had an intervention and banned me from trying to make chocolate chip cookies. They said it was just cruel and unusual treatment of food products. I am the culinary version of Dick Cheney.

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Lisa

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Zoi

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Jennifer

Photos Source: Bravo

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