Spokane Food Blog

The finale is on tomorrow, and here is the final ranking, lovingly put together by myself:

1. Stefan

There is no doubt Stefan is the one to beat. He has the creativity, he has the technique, and he is willing to step out of his comfort zone. In fact, the only thing that seems to stand in his way is his ego. It’s all well and nice he thinks he’s god’s gift to cooking and all, but when that lax attitude results in some elementary mistakes… Not good. Still, I fully expect Stefan to bring his A-game and take the it all home. Feel the power of The Stefaning!

2. Carla

Ouch… Well, I got this one wrong, predicting she’d be The Big Loser of the competition. And in my defense, she started out rather poorly. Then all of a sudden she woke up. Carla might be missing some of Stefan’s finesse (Stefan helped her shucking the oysters in the semis, which strangely enough wasn’t shown in the final cut) but has come up with some creative and technical dishes in the past few episodes. I have my doubts she’ll best Stefan, but, I have been wrong before.

3. Hosea

“Behind the scenes drama” aside… I just don’t find Hosea’s cooking overly inspiring. After some initial nerves, and initial in this case lasted more than 3/4 of the season, he seems to finally have gotten his technique down, but the dishes he serve up? Words like “dull” and “sea side resort” comes to mind. But hey, one could have said the same about season two’s Ilan, and we all know how that went.