I kinda understand his logic, but only to a point. In a competition, never give up an advantage THAT YOU EARNED.
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EXACTLY!! Especially to non-deserving chefs! I wonder if he's kicking himself now (if he doesn't make it all the way through LCK)
shareAs I posted on another thread; it's a "no win" situation! I've seen the result of both scenario's with this episode and from S 11, Nicholas not only had immunity, dragged his team down to be judged the worst, he ignored prompting by guest judges that maybe he should give it up! He didn't; eventually winning the season! He's just anonymous chef that probably has to answer for his sleaziness again and again of someone does recognize him!
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Nicholas was encouraged to make that dish by the mentor chef for Avant-Garde cooking. The mentor never told him to rethink his dish.
I always felt bad for Nicholas, because he was treated as The Bad Guy for not resigning his immunity under the pressure from Jacques Pepin. He did nothing wrong, and given the nature of the challenge, he was the only one on the team who could take the risk of cooking such strange dish.
I've watched that episode a few times, and most recently in the past month. The judges were complaining about the grittiness of Stephanie's mussels the minute she served it. And yet, she acted like such a victim for being sent home.
The bottom line is that, during team challenges that involve immunity, you need to cook the best dish on your team. If you don't, you're going home. You have no reason to squawk or whine, like Stephanie and Emily did.
As I said, it's a "no win" situation; looking bad either way! I don't feel too badly for Nicholas overall! He wasn't a pleasant person all season and caused heartburn in other chefs before his "villain cut!" That season should have been called "Top Chef: Cutthroat Edition!"
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I had forgotten about that! This was kind of a different situation. I don't think anyone would have blamed this guy for not sacrificing his immunity.
shareThis isn't Top Idiot. Sadly, his nobility was wasted on the other two.
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I don't think it was his nobility as much as it was his saving face for the people back home. I think he sincerely didn't want to put others in jeopardy, but i also think he didn't want to have that stigma of dragging the team down twice on is back. Because if he won, he'd have to hear "You only won because you had immunity" and that would've been a hard pill for a guy like him to swallow.
But I he focused on why he was there to win and the fact that it's basically a game show,he should've just sucked it up and stayed in. Because in the bigger picture, nobody cares. Just lighten up and win the thing the best you can.
He'll save face, but now he'll have to hear "You COULD'VE won if..." from his own family.
Casey should've went home because of her snotty arttiude about her stanky scallops.
but now he'll have to hear "You COULD'VE won if..."He could have went further but there is no way he would even be a finalist in Mexico from the calibers of the remaining veterans, alone. He wasn't very consistent up to his elimination. share
I'm not saying he could've won, I'm saying that's what he'll have to hear from his people back home for the rest of his life. Lol
shareNotice that Tom mentioned he can compete in "Last Chance Kitchen", and he didn't opt to give up on that too.
--Will.
I kind of understand his logic but also I look at it this way. He made a deal with the other two that he would take the bad ingredients and either take the fall or come out the superstar, depending on how the dish turned out. Would he have turned down a win?
In a way, sacrificing himself was just as selfish as staying in would have been. A deal is a deal.
He could have had a slight possibility to go on to be in the finale. The two chefs he saved won't even get close. He did it for nothing.
I hate to say it, but he is really using former junkie logic. He's still making it all about him one way or another. Something for him to dwell on and agonize over.
Good point. It's like he was playing the martyr even though he should know how to make chicken and peanut butter taste good. Season the chicken right, cook it properly, season the peanut butter right and use the right amount, he could've had a great dish. It looked like he just agave up and threw it together.
share... he just agave up ...
that was a typo, but I'm leaving it. Lol
shareI suspected that -- that's what made it hilarious.
Edit -- changed "knew" to "suspected"
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