Talk:Top Chef: Los Angeles

message: Here is an Elimination Challenge table (A WORK IN PROGRESS) along the lines of the one in SEASON ONE.  Feel free to contribute to it and, when ready, put it into the article. JimmB 19:03, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: chart

message: I had seen the teasers for this show with Stephen Asprinio, so I know where the reference is coming from, but having just viewed the intitial airing, I didn't see him show up at all. I'm incline to remove him from the episode capsule, but want to make sure I wasn't just missing the cameo... Editor Emeritus 04:14, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah, I put it there originally based on the teasers, but I didn't see him in the aired episode either. I changed it. Wl219 10:44, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  Thanks W1219 - and thanks for cleaning up the spotty info I left on last night's episode. Editor Emeritus 22:58, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: December 13 Episode

message: Bravo is teasing the Top Chef season finale as being on January 31, but the Wikipedia article currently has it as January 17. Where did the show order and dates come from? Also, if the show sticks with a norm of one contestant being elimated per week, there aren't enough episodes left according to the article. Does anyone know where the article info came from? There seem to be some problems here and I think we need to correct them sooner rather than later... Editor Emeritus 04:14, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I believe the airdates and episode names were originally taken from tv.com. Wl219 10:45, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks - that makes sense. Bravo is now teasing new episodes of Top Chef starting "Wednesday, January 3" so I'm going to make the edits later tonight if that doesn't strike anyone as too troublesome. Oddly enough, since there are also teasers for a January 31 finale, this doesn't do anything to answer the question about too many contestants and too few episodes. Editor Emeritus 22:57, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Finale

message: I've moved the following passage that an anon editor wrote in the Ep.11 summary:
"Cliff thereby fell victim to a scapegoating dynamic. This dynamic, initially driven primarily by Ilan's and Sam's hostility toward Marcel (with legacy effect from Betty), ripples out to drag in (and drag down) Cliff and (later) Elia, spoiling their chances against Sam, Ilan and Marcel. Neither Cliff in this episode nor Elia in the next, where she succumbs to taking on the same role of acting out group hostility against Marcel, shows any insight into how this role weakens their own performance and competitive standing as chefs. Marcel does have insight and refuses to become dependent on group approval."
It reads like an essay, and may not conform to WP standards. I put it here for editors to discuss whether to keep it or not. Wl219 05:49, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
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thread_title: Hostility toward Marcel

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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:Marcelilan.jpg