We love . We hope you will too -- here's our weekly recap of last week's episode, which we hope will prompt you to watch the new one tonight at 10 p.m. on Bravo. You can catch up on our takes of older episodes here, here, here and here. There, now you're caught up.
Hey, Ted Allen, from Queer Eye was the guest judge! This is the first time the guest judge has not been a local San Francisco chef. This ep's quickfire challenge, in which the contestants fight for immunity: make an appetizer that costs less than $3 in 20 minutes. Many of the entries were less than spectacular, and the winner of the dubious prize, of course, is Andrea. We've been making sport of Andrea's predilection for invoking the motion of one's bowels via food -- but, man, in Episode 6, our smoking hot granola nutritionist took it a little too far . . . when Ted Allen was less than complimentary of her fibrous "nature slaw," she commented that it would give him a B.M. Ted quips that he hasn't had one for a while, but is obviously as uncomfortable with addressing that subject on camera (as we are every time she brings it up).
The winner? DARN IT, it's Simon Bar Sinister himself, Stephen. UGHHH! His dish is pretty, but the baby clams on sea beans looked to us about the same as if someone has scattered some fresh pine needles on the plate. Come to think of it, sounds like one of Andrea's dishes. Maybe she'll try it some time . . .
. . . but not on this show. The queen of keeping your innards clean gets dismissed for the second time. There, folks -- we didn't bury the lead for once. Hopefully, the promise of details on how it all came out will prompt you to venture below the jump, where you'll find intrigue, a blow-up by Miguel, and, finally, a main challenge victory by one of our favorites.
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