Simmons is intersting to listen to but I really don’t get anything tangible from her. Colicchio really was a turn off early on because he has that clipped, staccato way of pronouncing judgement. Maybe this is the way the...

-fill"...I think the latter by Bayless). So – now we have to wait two weeks until Ep. 4 – with the write-up saying "Chief chefs Anita Lo, Douglas Rodriguez, John Besh and Mark Peel are all tied up. That is, they must...

. FWIW, I don’t think the episodes are necessarily being televised in shooting order (and with this format, they needn’t be), because Jay Raynor said in his bravo.com blog last week that Gail Simmons filled in for him...

...If you’re familiar with Eddie C’s at all, you might find this funny(from espn’s “the sports guy” http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/071214): Q: While visiting one of our...

bearing the marks and seasoning that can only be had by grilling. Then these tender tidbits were lightly graced by a homemade sauce of his own creation. I can’t recall the elements, just that it was good. Next the warm...

That was cool. Spike’s laziness and wanting to “experience” the farmer’s market really made him look bad. Mark did really well tonight. I wish there was more explanation and reaction on the food but there...

..." From Gail Simmons's blog: "Marcel ... finally was able to put his mad-scientist theories to work. ... No one could say he was not cutting edge, especially in relation to his competition."...

that she can do decent pasta? At least she doesn’t have to take responsibility. Mark and Andrew looked forlorn after they got rejected. The women kicked ass. That’s funny. Dale just said that he doesn’t take...

Did anyone else feel like the chefs in this challenge just seemed to completely miss the mark? I mean, no pasta, rice, bean or poatao-based dishes? And the lack of protein was offensive. Or were they just all trying to be so...

I think both Tom Colicchio and Gail Simmons said in their blogs that they judge only on the food and that the producers never interfered. In this case, obviously it was about the whole restaurant experience, including service and...

instead of something to throw them off their game. I also thought that Oseland seems to just not like Chiarello’s cooking; it was interesting that his criticism was for the polenta, especially after Gail Simmons wanted to...

perfect establishments. Anyone see the pic on the front of the NYT Styles section yesterday. Padma and Russell Simmons were looking cozy at NYC Fashion Week.

As far as I can see, the only two consistent judges, i.e. the two who have been there all the time are Padma and Tom. The have one wild card every week and Ted Allen/Gail Simmons switching off. That is 50% of the judging right...

and Stephanie frequently spent time in the front of the house with diners. Gail Simmons seemed to be hanging around closely with Lisa at the celebration at the end. You don’t suppose she was flirting, do you?

It ain’t Bourdain, but Gail Simmons's blog is posted on the bravo website. Also Rocco gives a bit of insight into his sous chef period with Hung.