So, Tom uses his power to select the winner...

Funny, since he always seemed to really respect Tiffany and her cooking and kind of dislike CJ. I still can't believe CJ won...

From what they showed us, Tiffany definitely should have won. CJ served them a course that consisted of nothing but a bowl of peas.

I'm glad I'm not the only one that thinks last night decision was odd. Tom's remarks seem to change the judging all together. I just had to come here and make a comment. Tiffany obviously won two rounds while CJ won the second. I also have a critique of the other judges,of not having the resolve to stick to their own decision. Regardless of variety,if Tiffany served a bisquit in every round and nailed it,then she should have won. Period.

To me is seemed like, if anything, he preferred Tiffany over CJ.

"I am allowed to think everyone is stupid for 10 minutes." -- Randy Susan Meyers

That was a strange decision, I'm not sure what happened? I thought Tiffany had it in the bag and then out of nowhere CJ wins? Something is fishy to me.

I didn't see any conspiracy. I saw that it was close, but I think CJ edged Tiffany out because he surprised the judges more with his choices and how better a chef he became. Tiffany cooked good but she didn't do anything out of her usual comfort zone. She did exactly what they expected and he did more than what they expected.

I remember on another cooking contest, I forget which, but a pro was cooking against an amateur and said there was more pressure because the less experienced cooks have less boundaries from protocol, less is expected of them, so they're more free and more motivated to show off. Whereas the more experienced chef is so used to pleasing critics and judges, they can fail by playing too safe when the judges are expecting them to take more risks than the amateur. I think this is what happened.