Love, Love, Love TCM! Don't worry about the haters who are making negative comments about your appearance or ability to host. I enjoy watching all the episodes and reading your blogs. Considering your background knowledge in the culinary world, you deserve this. I love the format of TCM on how we get a glimpse of each chef's profile at his/her restaurant and watching them in action. I admire their professionalism working with their colleagues, not to mention the humor that is involved. I look forward to watching more seasons of TCM and salivating in front of my tv wishing I was a taster.

I love this. I think Kelly is a much better hostess than Padma.
I'm a foodie, but not much of a home cook. I KNOW good food when I taste it, and these chefs bring it.
Of course I like some more than others. I was so pleased to see Chiarello win. I ate at his restaurant years ago, and though I'm pretty sure he wasn't in the kitchen, the food was sooooo good. I also watch him on the Food Network, and like his easy style and easy to make recipes.
So glad he won the challenge. I'm also glad to see the asian woman who I never heard of win. Her food looked amazing, and according to the judges, tasted amazing as well.
I can't wait to see the end challenge. I'm not a big Rick Bayless fan, but gotta say, as far as I could see, his food should have won hands down, and did. Who was that cocky frechy that couldn't cook? He was great comic relief.
Can't wait to see the finals.

Forget Padma...I don't understand the negative comments on this new show. It's obvious you know your food and have an enthusiastic appreciation of it! You come off as a much more genuine foodie. I love your blog posts and I hope we see more of you and Top Chef Masters.

I was wondering where your chef's shop when on the show - I have seen the stores on there and would love to be able to find one but can't seem to get the name of the stores. Thank you and we love the show and most of the dishes that are made on there.

Kelly Choi, you look waaaaaay to skinny and its unattractive. I feel bad saying this, but as a cancer patient who was deprived of food due to treatment, you look horrible. It is obvious you choose to not eat on a show that glorifies the art of food. Shame on you. Google your name, many agree.

First of all, thank you for the energy and enthusiasm your bring to the table; this episode drove me crazy, there were so many dishes I would have loved to taste! I will say that related to the silverware issue, (although this is a minor issue) I've always appreciated less cutlery at a cocktail party when I was working (probably not why Gael brought the issue up). Also, as another lactose intolerant foodie, I would like to offer my most sincere thanks to whoever developed those magical little pills, I can't imagine life without the panna cotta with honey balsamic reduction, strawberries, and pistachios from my favorite local Italian restaurant. Thanks for the wonderful blog Kelly, and enjoy the food, you're a lucky (but very qualified and worthy) woman!

"I have had very intimate relationships with Chef Boyardee,
Spam, Doritos, and countless Little Debbie peanut butter bars when I was little."

I'm 36 and I can absolutely guarantee you that if you were to drop in to my place on any given day unannounced, you'd find two of those items in my pantry. I'll never outgrow nacho cheese chips and Beef-A-Roni!

This was a fun episode, and Rick was the MVP. What a rebound!

I officially cast my vote for at least a 30-minute "reunion" show or something like it after the finale. I want to see dancing judges, debates on cocktail party utensils (I vote "no" on that, for the record) and Kelly Choi scarfing down Little Debbie snack cakes!