SFist Watches: Your Locals On Reality TV
Previously on "Top Chef," local chef Jamie Lauren did NOT make scallops.
Quickfire Challenge: Make some thing for guest judge Scott Conant. It involved a stupid "Superbowl pool" type of assignment system, with the main ingredient being Quaker Oats and a randomly chosen second ingredient. Jamie ended up with fruit, but didn't want to do sweet, so she made a coconut and oatmeal crusted fried shrimp with a nectarine salsa and avocado creme fraiche. Conant liked it, but gave the win to Stefen. Of course!
Elimination Challenge: Top Chef Bowl. The chefs would cook against a chef from a previous season, and make a regional meal based on a football team's town. Jamie went against Camille (who?) cooking a San Francisco (49ers) meal, natch. However, she got a case of chef-block and had no idea what to make.
The actual challenge used a tiresome football scoring systems that required the chefs to cook head-to-head for 20 minutes and get points from the judges and some "football fans" that included some eliminated judges. Jamie ended up making a crab cioppino with olives, basil and some sourdough bread, while her rival made miso sweet potato mash, with crab meat and a salad. The judges split, but the audience gave it to Jamie. Season five beat the All-Stars. Scott Conant had a total boner for Jamie's style of cooking, but she didn't get the ultimate win (Carla did). As for the loser, that would be Jeff. Like there was ANY chances Fabio or Stefan were going to be sent home.
Over on "The Real World," there was a lot of drama with the normally level-headed San Francisco girl Sarah, as her estranged, possibly abusive father (the way she tells the story, her father once took her camping and only brought one sleeping bag, which, we're assuming, is only part of the story. We hope.) somehow tracked her down, calling her at the "Real World" house. Yeah. Wonder how he got THAT number! Anyway, you can watch the whole uncomfortable episode below, which also includes a random tranny, bad singing, use of the fake word "dismeaning," and a Mormon rubbing his face.