cliff lied about what mia said.cliff is very sneaky and stubborn.He needs to pack his knifes and go home.

Also the situation with Cliff is tough, but rules are rules, if Sam would have cut his hair too, and they hadn’t filmed the attempted prank on Marcel, there may have been the payback that Marcel deserved. He definitely gets my vote as the least liked no matter how well he can cook.

I have been following the show, this seasons contestants seem sort of odd to me. Betty and Mia had it going on, sorry one left and one was asked to leave. Frank (the mafia wanna be guy), who wants to beat someones face to a pulp his own mother would not recongize him, he scared me, why in the world was he selected to be on the show. And the tat a tell girl with the scarf she wore around her head, she seemed quite not here on earth. I LOL when one of your guest asked ” are these people on crack”.

Anyway, I do agree with you%

I hope sam n marcel win.. they have the most confidence…ilan belongs at an applebees elia belongs at a small spanish cafe.. It’s about the FOOD!!!!

Padma is Hot Forget about the food

I have just watched the latest show. My heart is broken. I have watched both last season and this season. I can not believe that Sam is not in the final. What happened to the Top Chef having leadership skills and motivating others to do well. I am so sad that I no longer have any desire to watch the final show. Marcel is a Jerk and Elan needs many years to become the chef that Sam is. He will be missed on the show as he was the Top Chef in my book.

Marcel (aka “Eddie Munster”) is a buzzing nat as described by Sam. I think Sams leadership and maturity as well as his passion for great food is in my opinion, what makes him the complete package.To bad he got curb chucked

I can not believe that Sam is not in the finals. Instead you choose someone so sneaky and dishonest as Marcel. I will not be watching your program anymore as I feel it is very clear that you do not choose who actually is the best, but only who you want. The statement was made, I would like to see Marcel in Hawaii to see what he can do. He has failed many times and yet the judges continue to pick him. Viewers know that Sam is the Top Chef and that Marcel is a joke. I enjoyed the show until the last eposide and will never watch again. Pick better judges.

none of the chef’s were consistent, a few didn’t have the slightest idea what to do with ingedients. none behaved at all professionally, to wards each other or them selves!!

all chefs knew the rules! to have so much at stake, you would think the judges would have had the good grace, and tell the contestants they did not belong there. i’ve seen quite a few very good chefs get “bonged” for one mistake. this circus is finally at an end and, I am glad it’s over!!!! BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME. ‘THEY ARE OUT THERE1111

Let me help you guys out on this one. Granted Sam has displayed the most qualities of a Chef. Chef Tom put it best when he said to Elia when she was whining about Marcel, “We are judging you on the food, not how you act in the kitchen”. I am sad to see Sam go, but as chef Tom said “it is a cooking competion”. Based on those guidelines I believe that the show should carry a more appripo title “Top Cook”. I am a chef and I can tell you that your lucky if you get to spend about 20% of your time actualy cooking. Your day is more of training, scheduling, quality control, meetings, PR. events, customer relations,menu developement,inventory control,and budgeting. Not the kind of thing that would play on T.V. to well. I would equate being a chef as more like being a general in the army. You are not in the trenches so much as you are planing the overall effort. I have worked with the Marcel’s, Sam’s, Ilan’s and Elia’s in the real world. Each one bring’s there owns unique and subtle experience to the dynamics of a kitchen. Each has there positives and negatives. It is easier to work with a Sam, but sometimes it is more exciting to work with a Marcel, even if he is a pain. A chef has tolook at diffrent personalities and see how he can get the most out of each of his employees, while minimizing the negatives that each one brings to the table. So as entertaining as the show is you need to realize on thing, Relax enjoy it for what it is, a show about cooking. Most importanly Padma is caliente

I am not alone in realizing that any reality show thrives on conflict, and Top Chef is no different. Every competition has included one chef who is disliked by all the others, in this case Marcel. Cliff was probably paid off to do something as stupid as he did,I just wish he had succeeded! I was very disappointed to see Sam and Elia eliminated, they were technically the best, but the producers wanted a showdown with the most controversial of chef’s involved. Marcel, please!, no more foam!!!

I was so sorry to see marcel loose tonight. Elan once again stayed with his spanish influence. I realize we only see a samll portion of the chefs time together but I think all of them should be ashamed for the way they treated marcel. He should have won just for putting up with all the insults!
P.S. Betty made me cringe. you always acted so sweet but were a total viper to marcel. I would’nt want to work with you!!!

Marcel is the best chef on that show! He deserved to win. He wasn’t there to make friends. He was there to win a competition. All the other chefs acted horribly & childish. I expect we’ll see Marcel become a great chef one day.

Wow. Were you Judges ever wrong on this one. Marcel was beaten up, laughed at sabbotaged even at the end when Sam and Mike were to help him. You Judges should have seen what was happening. Marcel deserved to win. You loser Judges must have been doing something else during the shows. Wow. I will do something for you Marcel. I will never again watch Top Chef in protest to your unfair treatment. Really. I have watched to last Top Chef. I will never again watch the show. Just for you Marcel. Don’t know you buddy but a lot of the world is just what you went through. Unfair. Judges, I hope others will follow me and stop watching your show because of what you did on this one. Goodbye.

SHORT COMMENT: MARCEL WAS NOT THE MOST LIKEABLE BUT HE WAS THE BEST HE SHOULD HAVE WON!

SHORT COMMENT: MARCEL WAS NOT THE MOST LIKEABLE BUT HE WAS THE BEST. HE SHOULD HAVE WON!

I was so disgusted to see obnoxious Elon win. Of all of the contestants, He and Cliff were the rudest.I would’ve fired both of them if they worked for me. Glad to see Elia go as well as her true colors showed in the end. I felt that Sam and Marcel were the best Chefs in the end and I was very disappointed that Marcel did not win over that little brat.

I do know, however that Marcel will go on to do wonderful things with his creativity and wonderful food. Mayve as he matures he’ll gain some more social skill, but with that crowd..could you blame him???

I’m glad that ilan won. Marcel is a looser from the beginning I don’t understand why you judges didn’t sent him home a long time ago.

Dear Top Chef- When Ilan was picked over Sam, I truly could not believe the poor choice, all of you had made. Watching the show with my children, gave me the time to learn together as a family and group, what the Top Chef Group expected from each individual. I did not have to taste the food, to truly see what each and everyone of you experienced by your face expressions, and comments that each one made, to know that the food was amazing! The reality to me was watching Marcel, a young man, trying very hard, under so much pressure, and being judged by his peers, not seeing him fall apart. Maybe Marcel did not show leadership in the kitchen with Sam & Mikey on the day of the finale, but his food was incredible. Sam, even thou I think he is a great chef, took credit for making one of the dishes, and that was wrong of him to do. Mikey, I am sorry, but he is a joke! No one really had Marcels back, not even “The Top Chef”, and I don’t agree with that. Marcel, you will be a “Great Master Chef” and I hope someday I will be able to try your incredible food. The fact that you remained on top the whole time, while having your patience tested, by people that were feeling intimidated by you really impressed me. Ilan, I love my spanish food, and coming from a spanish culture, which I am very proud of, allows me to let you know that I want to try different taste. Sticking to only (1) flavor & theme, does not make you a “great chef”. This is the 1st time I can say, “The Top Chef Group” did not make the right choice, and they know it… No justice to cooking was served…

Very disappointed,
in connecticut,
Lily….”Star”….

Dear Judges of Top Chef,
It is very sad that the judges of the Top Chef competition passed up the opportunity to acknowledge both a Top Chef and a good role model.

Throughout the competition Marcel demonstrated deep devotion to his work, passionate attention to detail, total commitment to excellence of food preparation and presentation. His enthusiasm was inspirational!

In the face of unwarranted harassment from other competitors, Marcel kept his cool, his sense of humor, and his focus on food. He repeatedly transcended the malevolence of other contestants, including a physical attack. Marcel kept his feet firmly planted on the high road, while Ilan trod the low road all the way to the prize.

In giving the Top Chef title to Ilan, the judges explicitly condone the tactics of intimidation. Ilan and several other contestants took pleasure in tormenting Marcel throughout the program, presumably for being different. They were mean, small minded and foul mouthed.

By rewarding this type of behaviof the judges affirm hatred, discrimination, and abuse. They assert that the ends justify the means—that it is ok to bully your way to the top.

Marcel deserves a public apology from the producers of Top Chef for allowing other contestants to subject him to emotional and physical abuse with no consequences for most of their misbehaviors.

Excellent response, SUSAN ALEXANDER, and well spoken. I never did understand what the beef with Marcel was. He wasn’t any more difficult than any of the rest of the contestants, and ALOT less annoying than some. I really enjoyed the 1st season of Top Chef, and looked forward to this one’s airing. It was quite a letdown. You had a really good concept, and you should stick with that. Season 2 was WAY too contrived and unbelievable. I didn’t buy most of the sidebar garbage that was going on…yes, I think you faked all of that Marcel stuff, and the way Elia and Maritza(?) told on Otto and the leeche. If something out of the ordinary happens, fine, but don’t try to invent. We can tell it’s phoney (phony?sic?). However, I still love Project Runway, am starting to get into Top Design (don’t repeat your mistakes and contrive a bunch of garbage on this one, too. I can see where you’re going, and I’m tellin’ ya it’s not believable!!!). And for the record, Elan is the LAST one I thought should win. PLEEEEEEEAZE!!!!

i do believe marcel will score very high down the line. right at this time, no. he is too much too involved with himself.. when he said i like me, good. is there a reason nobody else does? you definitly have a future as a chef, but you have a lot more to learn. i laughed when you said it was your,s and sam,s idea to serve the dish without the fish. it was on tape it was sam’s idea. young man you are very imature, grow up. i made it a point to watch your reaction when it was announced who was the top chef, it was what i thought would happen. you were shocked. you could not believe your name was not announced.. dear boy, grow up. you do have a future in the food business, and i wish you well, but you must not be so obnoxious.

There is a huge difference between killing & torturing your food. I am a vegetarian, my husband is not. I do not condemn him for eating meat-that’s what people do, what I am against is torturing an animal so some snoot can say that’s what she’s serving. Your client supports animal cruelty-I’m not impressed.-Shows the character of her true person.

There is a huge difference between killing & torturing your food. I am a vegetarian, my husband is not. I do not condemn him for eating meat-that’s what people do, what I am against is torturing an animal so some snoot can say that’s what she’s serving. Your client supports animal cruelty-I’m not impressed.-Shows the character of her true person.

CHEF TOM, SHAVE FOR PETES SAKE. IF YOU WALKED INTO MY KITCHEN LIKE THAT, I WOULD HAVE CANNED YOU ON THE SPOT

what the hell; marcel in the finale!? that is crazy. first i felt sorry for him in the beginning but later on his immature and sarcastic attitude pissed me off. He also cheated as well and yet he still stays.he should have been immediately eliminated for cheating of any kind. stupid judges!

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