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We just saw you on the Top Chef Tour in New Orleans and I just want to say you did an awesome job! Someone asked a question about what your favorite restaurant in New Orleans was and you commented on burger places. There is one down here you should definitely try. It is down in the French Quarter and is called Yo Mama's. They have a peanut butter burger that is DELICIOUS! If you get a chance you should definitely stop in. Once again, we enjoyed the tour and you did a great job!

Hosea got lucky to get you as his sous chef. Richard, you're super! Hosea got lucky with the appetizer, too. Hoseas win was lucky at best. Not what Top Chef should be about. That's my humble opinion.

WHERE IN THE H DO PEOPLE THINK THAT AFFIRMATIVE ACTION HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH CARLA GETTING TO WHERE SHE WAS? YOU PEOPLE JUST MAKE ME SICK TO THINK THAT BLACK PEOPLE CANNOT GET ANYWHERE WITH OUT IT. CARLA WAS A VERY TALENTED COOK AND SHOULD HAVE WON. NEVER SHOULD HOSEA HAVE WON BECAUSE OF HIS ATTITUDE. CARLA DID NOT WIN AND SHE DID HER BEST. BUR I HATE TO THINK THAT PEOPLE BELIEVE SHE WAS THERE FOR ONE REASON. BIGOTRY IS STILL VERY MUCH ALIVE.

wow.. people here get so mean, serious, and outraged by a TV contest?? To: "Unbelievable"...below.. Why are you so mean to Richard? He didn't do or say anything negative about Hosea or anyone else. He's not a bragger, accepted his loss in his finale with grace/dignity, just like Carla and Stefan did. The only ones complaining are Casey and the bloggers. It's over and they all won in some ways. You don't have to be mean to Richard. He didn't pick the winners or choose who were to be the sous chefs at the finale. Complain to Bravo/the producers, not to Richard.
And To: "Sunflour".. below.. Your "affirmative action" comment was uncalled for and awful.. I am sure that Carla would be insulted to see that. She is a dignified woman, a great chef, and competed with grace, talent, kindness, and never said negative things about anyone. She took her loss with grace. She did not blame Casey or anyone but herself for her choices. She got to the finale on her talent and dish by dish, just like everyone else did. Many of the contestants on this show were from varied races, countries, genders, and backgrounds. A statement like yours was uncalled for and was insulting all Americans..and contestants on all the shows. How childish and crass!!

i'd eat at Hosea's restaurant with great anticipation
and Jeff's
and Jamie's
and Fabio's
maybe even Stefan's
:)
and of course, Mr. Blais'

Richard do you think Hosea would of won if he had to
butcher the venison first!!?? I doubt it. Its a joke
he came out on top. He won be default. This is not
a reflection on you your a class act. I am wondering
what kind of chefs they want of late.

It was a pleasure to see Richard again-His attitude is refreshing and he is a great chef and a hard worker- Richard i hope they bring you back many times as you being at the finale was one of the highlights

Hey Richard,

Good job on the finale! I hate to come into your blog with nothing better to say, but I wanted to address an issue I have with a viewer mentioning "affirmative action" with regards to Carla. That has the be the biggest bunch of tripe I have ever seen on this blog board!

Are you one of Casey's so-called friends going around trying to justify her awful rant or are you just a mean person? What in the world does affirmative action have to do with it? Or you assuming that every time a person of color does well, it must be affirmative action at work? Did it ever occur to you that MAYBE Carla just made good food that the judges liked? Or MAYBE people like her because she is one of the kindest people ever to grace reality TV? Or MAYBE she simply folded under the pressure in the finale of said reality TV? Or MAYBE Casey should have just did what Carla said in the first place or if she wanted to make suggestions, ensured that they were done well?

No one is blaming Casey for anything. Everyone agrees that Carla shouldn't have done something that she wasn't familiar with. But for you to come her and suggest that her appearance in the finals had anything to do with anything other than her own success in the kitchen is just ludicrous. By the way, Carla made desserts most of the time because no one else on the team could or would.

Gawd, why is everyone so up Richard? He choked under pressure in his own season. Do you guys really want that in a chef? "We have 200 people to feed in two hours" "Oh bugger!" I mean really?

Richard, does it bother you that Adam Platt is lying about you and not saying you were the BRONZE medal winner on your season? I remember your bragging about someone else being that. How'd that work out for ya?

"Also, Hosea got to cook with the best No.2 chef"

I guess not seeing as you are well up yourself on how good you were. You got beaten by LISA, not slightly but MASSIVELY!!!! How come you were invited to "assist" the current chefs and Lisa wasn't? Casey also lost to Dale, why wasn't he there?

She has totally slagged off Carla since this finale and she's a choker just like you. Conversely, I love how Hosea wouldn't have won without you...don't see you saying anything good about him, only how good you and your ideas were and he agreed. I hope you're done with Top Chef like Casey is, you two should've blown up years ago with your own self importance.

Richard, you are by far my favorite, Fabio would be second. I hope to see you again next year on top chef. Good luck in all that you do. :)