If they have to make anything sweet or full meal-ish, then Stefan could take it. But if it can just be savory, my money is on Jamie.

Leah, Carla, to go next.

Followed by Jaime or Hoseah

Top 3 will be Stephan, Fabio and either Jaime or Hoseah.

Jamie will only win if she can escape her scallop addiction. I want her to win though.

I actually watch the "current" show one day late (Thursday at 9--I can't stay up until 11), so I haven't seen the one that aired last night at 10, but I think if Hoseah can keep his mind on his food, and not on Leah, he might be able to pull it off. I'd love to see Stefan go--he's annoyingly arrogant. And Jamie has too much of an entitlement complex. I like Leah, but she's not living up to the expectations she set initially. Carla can go NOW, and Fabio seems only to shine if he does pasta (and skips the pesto!). They're history soon.

How is Carla still on the show? Seriously.

I think Stefan will sweep it.

Final three: Jamie, Fabio and Stefan
Final two: ahhh I think it will be a twist, I cannot predict but one will be Stefan.

I like it!

Go Jamie Go!

No way, Leah sucks. She's going down in the next few weeks for sure.

I love Jamie!

I agree, it's going to be Jaime and Stefan in the final two, but as for the others, I have no idea who will go home next.

I think Fabio will win "fan favorite"--but you're right, for all his charm he is comparatively weak.

Carla is the prime example of the cheftestant who is "still" here--as sweet as she is, she escaped dismissal by the skin of her teeth a few times, and got lucky a few times. It can't last forever.

Jamie isn't the nicest person but she might be the best chef. Same for Stefan, but more so.

Fabio, Jamie and Stefan in the final three...with Stefan winning!

Fabio, Jamie and Stefan in the final three...with Stefan winning!

Carla is hitting her game but she's one dimensional. Fabio is a personality and will last at least until the final 3-4. Leah is melting down and won't last long. Hosea is a sleeper with some skill. Stefan and Jaimie are the ones with real talent. I predict we lose Leah, then Carla, then Hosea. Fabio, Stefan, Jamie final three. Stefan wins.

Fabio, Stefan, and Jamie. I want Jamie to win!

Aw, I actually like Fabio. It's a shame he's doomed. Seriously, how IS Carla still on the show? I'm surprised they let a bird cook and compete on the show in the first place.

I think you're right about Jamie an Stefan being the final two. But I don't think Jamie's nerves will do her in. So I predict Stefan as the winner.

Leah is going down, soon.

Carla is going down, soon. She looks too much like Beeker from the Muppets and really really freaks me out.

I think they are the next two out, and I suspect Leah is out first.

I think Fabio is right behind them.

Final three are Stefan, Jamie, and Hosea.

Final two are Stefan and Jamie.

Stefan is winner.

Fabio is my favorite personality wise, hands down! I also like Carla. Not a fan of Jamie and her scallops. I thing Stefan will win!

I agree for the most part but I'd rather see Fabio in the final 3 than Hosea or Leah. Please let one of them go home next.

Noooooooo!! It's either going to be Hosea or Stefan, and honestly, I want to see Stefan take it. Sure he's cocky and bossy, but he is a better chef than anyone there. Hung won for the same reason, in spite of his attitude. Miss Top Scallop needs to go - I can't stand looking at that constant yuck look on her face and her cooking is very limited. Leah will be next to go, then Carla, then Fabio....

I'm downright tired of Leah. She bores me, so I hope she goes soon. That doesn't mean she will.

I also think Fabio will stick around a bit longer and end up capturing fan fav.

If Leah makes it to the final three, I will be banging my head against a brick wall, repeatedly. Next to go should be Leah, followed by Carla and then Hosea. Final three.. Jamie, Stephan and Fabio. Stephan for the win.

I hope Fabio will make it to the final with Stefan and Jammie. Hopefully Stefan or Fabio will win. Not a big fan of Jammie. Leah seriously needs to go.

I'll miss Carla. She has such a perky personality.

I agree the finals will be a contest between Jamie and Stefan, with my bet being Stefan the
winner.

My predictions for the cheftestants - in order of who will be the next to go:

Leah
Fabio
Carla
Hosea
Jamie
Stephan

We shall see!

Sorry, but I don't pay for "feeling the love" on my food when I go to a restaurant...so Carla can go anytime. Same with Fabio (Fabian) who's too in love with himself to make great food. Jamie is a lot like Stephanie of the last go 'round so you're probably right that it will come down to Jamie and Stephan. She just might get too rattled to pull it off. I would like to see Hosea win, though.

I don't think any of the ladies left have what it takes to be TC, though of the 3 I loooove Carla. I would love to have a meal catered by her and I would definitely want to feel the love!

Fabio is wonderfully entertaining. I think he hasn't played to all his strengths yet, and I wonder if he'll realize that in time.

Stefan is a jackass, but he does come up with good food more than the others do. I think he deserved to be called out on picking the weakest all-star, but I can't fault him completely--when immunity is no longer a prize, and you want to make it to final 3.

Still, his move makes him much less of a top chef than Richard Blais (season 4).

There would be a lot of irony if Jamie and Stefan were the final two. Would Stefan throw the competition for his love of Jamie? Probably not, but it's something to consider.

I think you're right up until the winner. That's where it gets tough. Stefan's damn good and has won a lot for a reason. However, when it comes to the final it's possible he could blow it, but not likely. I'm rooting for Jamie just because I like her but I'm pretty sure it'll be Stefan

Yup I agree. The third will prob be hosea. So Hosea, jamie and stefan.

Gee, I really hope whole foods finally run out of scallops.

We have yet to see jamie create a dish sans scallop/poultry.
Carla may surprise all of us.
Gayle needs to come back. Toby's op-eds belong on paper not on film. Is it me or is this season lackluster?
Hate the whole Hosea/Leah debacle.

How can anyone like Jamie? She is the worst. So annoying. Stefan will win. By the way, Fabio should DEFINITELY not be in the top 3. The only reason anyone would put him in there is that he or she is charmed by him. What has he made that has been any good in the last 4-5 episodes?

Leah should have been last week, or the week before. She will go soon. I think Stefan will win for sure.

As much as I'd prefer Jamie to win, I think it will be Stefan. Fabio seemed like he had some chops early in the season, but they deserted him ages ago. I think Carla goes next, then Fabio, then Leah.

None of the contestants this season have seemed up to previous seasons, but I'm definitely pulling for Jamie. They've been making it look all along as if Carla will be at least in the final by frequently putting the camera on her for comments. I know it has nothing to do with cooking skill, but her bug eyes and wide open mouth are making me want to throw something at the screen. The sooner she goes, the better.

I think Stefan has made dishes I would consider eating as well as Jeff who has made mistakes too. That pumpkin whatever was barfaric looking. I think others have made the goods as well. The armchair quarterbacks are probably the same people who would be winning like a baby if they had their food crushed by the general public so I just ignore them. Anyway, I want to say that poster Jennefer has nailed it unless Jeff is more consistent and rises to the occassion more often as a result. But otherwise I think that Stefan is the Odds on favorite because he is the most consistent and I feel like people such as Stewart didn't vote for him to win because he is a man. Also Stephan's bark is worse... he s teasing people and having fun with them and their egos cause them not to get this. Maybe he is trying to help them not take things so seriously. And he might be forceful- which you are supposed to be in the cooking world btw- but his reasoning is sound. Contestants whined and pounded on him about say the Sorbet- was it for the Bridal deal? But aside from the fact that it was a real sweet cliche- he was deal-on about it melting and he did tell them he had encountered that problem in his line of work several times already. So you what can I or rather more can he say? People you will do better as Chefs when you let go of your ego and the emotions that go with it. Then when you have break downs like Carla you will not be so focused on poor me and have your feelings out of the way so you can do something else other than the desserts. There are some major rock stars in the Chef world. Anyway, he was cool about it- I warned them and it's not my problem now- the judges will know I did the right thing attitude. Of course the creators might be trying to get us annoyed with how women get away with stuff through Leah- Top Chief's version of Christina from Hell's Kitchen 4. And I'll be mad I wasted my time watching the show if she wins as a result. But who knows? Anyway if she continues as usual, Leah won't be enabled to rely on going under the radar so you know... Oh and I thought Carla's deal of why are you all hating on me about the deserts was the same cliche I've been hearing so much all ready.
Why didn't she just say that she was at fault because when the freezer didn't work she decided she didn't have enough time to change desserts and she accepts full responsibilty for handling the situation poorly. If she really didn't have the time she would look good and the production people bad. I could accept that victim mentality from a say 18-28 year old or so but a 43 year old woman?- lame. Even worse was the Indian girl saying she was too much of a giver. RIght, don't get me started this is already too long. She gave Carla a get out of jail free card. So far Stephan is easily the one who deserves to win and his food usually looks delicious to me. I hate that he smokes but his comments are hilarious and he is cool. He let the color tattoo chick know that he had no hard feelings during the wars and it was not personal and to not be so defensive with him and think he is after her. That was cool. I'm not saying he's a God or anything but he's not like he is described on the show either. Stephan is my odds-on favorite at this point if he doesn't die of the cancer sticks first. He seems to struggle with American food and Martha Stewart was going for the Lesbian because you know Lesbian Twins activate- but otherwise he is the man and our fastest apple peeler for Season 5 as well...

I think Stefan has made dishes I would consider eating as well as Jeff who has made mistakes too. That pumpkin whatever was barfaric looking. I think others have made the goods as well. The armchair quarterbacks are probably the same people who would be winning like a baby if they had their food crushed by the general public so I just ignore them. Anyway, I want to say that poster Jennefer has nailed it unless Jeff is more consistent and rises to the occassion more often as a result. But otherwise I think that Stefan is the Odds on favorite because he is the most consistent and I feel like people such as Stewart didn't vote for him to win because he is a man. Also Stephan's bark is worse... he s teasing people and having fun with them and their egos cause them not to get this. Maybe he is trying to help them not take things so seriously. And he might be forceful- which you are supposed to be in the cooking world btw- but his reasoning is sound. Contestants whined and pounded on him about say the Sorbet- was it for the Bridal deal? But aside from the fact that it was a real sweet cliche- he was deal-on about it melting and he did tell them he had encountered that problem in his line of work several times already. So you what can I or rather more can he say? People you will do better as Chefs when you let go of your ego and the emotions that go with it. Then when you have break downs like Carla you will not be so focused on poor me and have your feelings out of the way so you can do something else other than the desserts. There are some major rock stars in the Chef world. Anyway, he was cool about it- I warned them and it's not my problem now- the judges will know I did the right thing attitude. Of course the creators might be trying to get us annoyed with how women get away with stuff through Leah- Top Chief's version of Christina from Hell's Kitchen 4. And I'll be mad I wasted my time watching the show if she wins as a result. But who knows? Anyway if she continues as usual, Leah won't be enabled to rely on going under the radar so you know... Oh and I thought Carla's deal of why are you all hating on me about the deserts was the same cliche I've been hearing so much all ready.
Why didn't she just say that she was at fault because when the freezer didn't work she decided she didn't have enough time to change desserts and she accepts full responsibilty for handling the situation poorly. If she really didn't have the time she would look good and the production people bad. I could accept that victim mentality from a say 18-28 year old or so but a 43 year old woman?- lame. Even worse was the Indian girl saying she was too much of a giver. RIght, don't get me started this is already too long. She gave Carla a get out of jail free card. So far Stephan is easily the one who deserves to win and his food usually looks delicious to me. I hate that he smokes but his comments are hilarious and he is cool. He let the color tattoo chick know that he had no hard feelings during the wars and it was not personal and to not be so defensive with him and think he is after her. That was cool. I'm not saying he's a God or anything but he's not like he is described on the show either. Stephan is my odds-on favorite at this point if he doesn't die of the cancer sticks first. He seems to struggle with American food and Martha Stewart was going for the Lesbian because you know Lesbian Twins activate- but otherwise he is the man and our fastest apple peeler for Season 5 as well...

I think Stefan has made dishes I would consider eating as well as Jeff who has made mistakes too. That pumpkin whatever was barfaric looking. I think others have made the goods as well. The armchair quarterbacks are probably the same people who would be winning like a baby if they had their food crushed by the general public so I just ignore them. Anyway, I want to say that poster Jennefer has nailed it unless Jeff is more consistent and rises to the occassion more often as a result. But otherwise I think that Stefan is the Odds on favorite because he is the most consistent and I feel like people such as Stewart didn't vote for him to win because he is a man. Also Stephan's bark is worse... he s teasing people and having fun with them and their egos cause them not to get this. Maybe he is trying to help them not take things so seriously. And he might be forceful- which you are supposed to be in the cooking world btw- but his reasoning is sound. Contestants whined and pounded on him about say the Sorbet- was it for the Bridal deal? But aside from the fact that it was a real sweet cliche- he was deal-on about it melting and he did tell them he had encountered that problem in his line of work several times already. So you what can I or rather more can he say? People you will do better as Chefs when you let go of your ego and the emotions that go with it. Then when you have break downs like Carla you will not be so focused on poor me and have your feelings out of the way so you can do something else other than the desserts. There are some major rock stars in the Chef world. Anyway, he was cool about it- I warned them and it's not my problem now- the judges will know I did the right thing attitude. Of course the creators might be trying to get us annoyed with how women get away with stuff through Leah- Top Chief's version of Christina from Hell's Kitchen 4. And I'll be mad I wasted my time watching the show if she wins as a result. But who knows? Anyway if she continues as usual, Leah won't be enabled to rely on going under the radar so you know... Oh and I thought Carla's deal of why are you all hating on me about the deserts was the same cliche I've been hearing so much all ready.
Why didn't she just say that she was at fault because when the freezer didn't work she decided she didn't have enough time to change desserts and she accepts full responsibilty for handling the situation poorly. If she really didn't have the time she would look good and the production people bad. I could accept that victim mentality from a say 18-28 year old or so but a 43 year old woman?- lame. Even worse was the Indian girl saying she was too much of a giver. RIght, don't get me started this is already too long. She gave Carla a get out of jail free card. So far Stephan is easily the one who deserves to win and his food usually looks delicious to me. I hate that he smokes but his comments are hilarious and he is cool. He let the color tattoo chick know that he had no hard feelings during the wars and it was not personal and to not be so defensive with him and think he is after her. That was cool. I'm not saying he's a God or anything but he's not like he is described on the show either. Stephan is my odds-on favorite at this point if he doesn't die of the cancer sticks first. He seems to struggle with American food and Martha Stewart was going for the Lesbian because you know Lesbian Twins activate- but otherwise he is the man and our fastest apple peeler for Season 5 as well...

I think Stefan has made dishes I would consider eating as well as Jeff who has made mistakes too. That pumpkin whatever was barfaric looking. I think others have made the goods as well. The armchair quarterbacks are probably the same people who would be winning like a baby if they had their food crushed by the general public so I just ignore them. Anyway, I want to say that poster Jennefer has nailed it unless Jeff is more consistent and rises to the occassion more often as a result. But otherwise I think that Stefan is the Odds on favorite because he is the most consistent and I feel like people such as Stewart didn't vote for him to win because he is a man. Also Stephan's bark is worse... he s teasing people and having fun with them and their egos cause them not to get this. Maybe he is trying to help them not take things so seriously. And he might be forceful- which you are supposed to be in the cooking world btw- but his reasoning is sound. Contestants whined and pounded on him about say the Sorbet- was it for the Bridal deal? But aside from the fact that it was a real sweet cliche- he was deal-on about it melting and he did tell them he had encountered that problem in his line of work several times already. So you what can I or rather more can he say? People you will do better as Chefs when you let go of your ego and the emotions that go with it. Then when you have break downs like Carla you will not be so focused on poor me and have your feelings out of the way so you can do something else other than the desserts. There are some major rock stars in the Chef world. Anyway, he was cool about it- I warned them and it's not my problem now- the judges will know I did the right thing attitude. Of course the creators might be trying to get us annoyed with how women get away with stuff through Leah- Top Chief's version of Christina from Hell's Kitchen 4. And I'll be mad I wasted my time watching the show if she wins as a result. But who knows? Anyway if she continues as usual, Leah won't be enabled to rely on going under the radar so you know... Oh and I thought Carla's deal of why are you all hating on me about the deserts was the same cliche I've been hearing so much all ready.
Why didn't she just say that she was at fault because when the freezer didn't work she decided she didn't have enough time to change desserts and she accepts full responsibilty for handling the situation poorly. If she really didn't have the time she would look good and the production people bad. I could accept that victim mentality from a say 18-28 year old or so but a 43 year old woman?- lame. Even worse was the Indian girl saying she was too much of a giver. RIght, don't get me started this is already too long. She gave Carla a get out of jail free card. So far Stephan is easily the one who deserves to win and his food usually looks delicious to me. I hate that he smokes but his comments are hilarious and he is cool. He let the color tattoo chick know that he had no hard feelings during the wars and it was not personal and to not be so defensive with him and think he is after her. That was cool. I'm not saying he's a God or anything but he's not like he is described on the show either. Stephan is my odds-on favorite at this point if he doesn't die of the cancer sticks first. He seems to struggle with American food and Martha Stewart was going for the Lesbian because you know Lesbian Twins activate- but otherwise he is the man and our fastest apple peeler for Season 5 as well...

Obviously you are a tool.

Stefan will win because he is light years better than any of the other chef's there, and he knows it. Sorry America.

Great predictions on Jamie too... NOT! hahaha

P.S. Carla is a fucking turtle and I hate staring at her giant neck.

I hope FABIO takes it all.

I was sad to see Jamie go. She obviously has a lot of talent, her food seemed interesting, she had skill and she was a good strong foil for the ego boys. She obviously blew the challenge. The reality is that you need to get out of -- and I'm sorry for using this cliche -- you comfort zone to win Top Chef. She was never able to transcend her own ambivalence about braised celery. Also I'm not really sure what she meant by Ripert's food boring her. Is it so different then the dishes she has produced? All the food seemed lovely but not at the end of the day something a trained professional chef could have come up with. It was modern restaurant fare, dishes that could and were made in a few hours. Did Jamie think this was too fancy for her or too grand?

In any case Carla has my heart. She is having fun and showing courage. Leah is out of her depth and so lucky to still be there. Hosea is a whiner whose food always seems so-so. Fabio (though quite charming) always seems to have an excuse for why his food is not quite right. Stephan despite his ego or because of it can cook. I'm hoping for a Carla, Fabio and Stephan final with Stephan winning.

That said like Adam I'm sure to be proven wrong next week.

Holey Haggis..i can't believe Jamie's gone. AND on this episode of all episodes. I would have loved to see Chef Ripert rip into her...cussing in french....

As of late, have you noticed the tv time Chef Eric Ripert has been getting? (insert blatant ad for his new PBS series coming later this year) love the whole, "I'll scratch your back if you scratch mine" mentality in show business...