You didn’t think I’d suppress my hidden gem-hunting nature for four whole months, right? Many thanks to the few, the proud, the Top Chef recap-readers who nominated Hidden Truffles this week! After the jump, Tom sprouts pigtails, Happy Dale gets frisky with a tube of Ritz Crackers, Casey wakes up with someone’s patterned-panted butt in her face, and more! I’m like a pig in dirt, now more than ever.
“When they showed Tom talking to the chefs in the museum, the dinosaur skeleton on the wall behind him made it look like he had crazy uneven ponytails springing from his head!”–I Will Not Pack My Knives and Go
“Ms. Hootie Hoo & Jen running made me think of Big Bird & Betty Lou from Sesame Street.” –I Will Not Pack My Knives and Go
“I’m not familiar enough with the DWTS hidden gems to know whether audio truffles are allowed or if they must be a sight gag thing…if they ARE, I think the exchange between Happy Dale and Casey as they massaged that muck in those big bowls was pretty good — Casey said ‘I’m a virgin with the Ritz Cracker hand job.’” –henrietta
“Not-so Hidden Truffle: The pig sty in the dinosaur hall after the “brats” (as Happy Dale referred to them) left the Quickfire challenge. Do the yutes of America not know what a garbage can is?” –(Chef) LAG Award Winner, endorsed by RBlues, queue55
“A worthy replacement for Maks’ butt was the not-so-hidden “truffle” of Tre’s naked chest in the dim museum light.” –Lin, endorsed by Rebekah
“Casey waking up to someone’s arse in her face.” –Cordy, endorsed by julie
“Did anyone else see Tom wearing a silly band (aka tween currency) at judges’ table? A gift from a museum guest, perhaps? Wonder what he had to do to earn that bad boy.” –kellen, endorsed by Laura
“Jen’s line, “Welcome to All-Star Jen,” shortly before she was axed.” –Inga
Great job, everyone!
Read more:
Last week’s Hidden Truffle
‘Top Chef’ recap: Tyrannosaurus Wrecks
Gail Simmons’ guest blogs on PopWatch
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Forgot about Casey’s hand job comment. Haha!
Dale is SO funny!!!!OMG!!! They really need to bring Katie Lee Joel back IMHFO! ROFL!!! LOL!!!
Anyone else think Casey looks exactly like Anna Kendrick (mostly circa “Up in the Air” because her hair was always pulled back similarly)?
“Separated at Birth Gem” WIN!
Yes!! I endorse this gem!!
errr… truffle
I don’t know if this qualifies, but I loved the look on Marcel’s face when he held the door open for Jen when she left the stew room. He was so uncomfortable when she started her fit off camera.
oh I forgot about the fit. yikes, that was uncomfortable. I felt so bad for her.
He had the most uncomfortable look on his face…and then her rant that was mostly bleeped out PRICELESS!!
I mentioned Marcel’s face in the comments section of the recap. Loved it.
henrietta! WhooHoo!
This is great! How/when do we nominate these each week?
You can nominate your Hidden Truffles in the comments of my Top Chef recaps on Thursday mornings!
Excellent, thx for the tip.
Jen is gone already? What about her broth? LOL
YAY! so glad you are recapping and so glad for the hidden truffles…I love this show and love the narcissistic and delusional comments of the confessional…Marcel musing that he would have won if they had only chosen one person for a dish that basically amounted to fruit on a plate…he had more components? Did he add the banana and berry? Awesome stuff. Mean Dale is a hoot…I thought Joe Jonas was maybe a bakery chef (?) Was shocked at Jen’s outburst…man did she go off! Did not expect her to go home though. Thought Tre would have taken the bullet for his over ‘saucy’ sauce…I guess they need the beefcake around just a little longer
Was that Jamie or Jen running with Carla?
It looks like Jen or maybe Casey.
It was Jen.
I was going to make the same comment…it was Jen.
Did anyone else catch one of the chefs comments about how they didn’t know who the Jonas Brother was but thought he might be a pastry chef? Considering the sexual orientation of the majority of Top Chef: Just Deserts contestants can we take this to mean a little more then it seemed at first?
When Jen was packing her knives to go, she had sassy Vamp fingernail polish. I rewound to see, and her nails were clear for this episode. When do they shoot the dramatic packing of the knives scene?
@JSF: I have no backstage info to back this up, but I would guess that each contestant is asked to film that bit before the season even starts.
shotgun, yes!
Haha.
Loving the sexy shots of Trey, as ridiculous as they are. But, yeah, more of that please Top Chef!
Yes, hidden gems are back! I can’t wait to play next week.
Ahhh!! No way! I just saw this now! I hadn’t watched either last week or this week’s episode until tonight. Came on here for the recaps and was most pleasantly surprised! First of all, so excited that you are doing the Top Chef recaps, Annie! And Hidden Truffles? Genius!! I love Top Chef already, Top Chef All Stars even more, and now Top Chef All Stars plus hidden truffles?? Be still my beating heart. I will most definitely be a future participant (truffle digger?) Yay!