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Casey Thompson was the audience favorite throughout season three of Top Chef. Maybe it was the Jennifer Aniston hair. Or maybe it was her talent, and her friendly attitude, and her team-playing ways. We’re not the only ones who feel like perhaps Hung stole the title of Top Chef.
But, in the end, Casey just used too much roe. And lost. It’s only a TV show, and we move on.
Listen to all of this season’s Top Chef podcasts:
Season 3 Round Table
Hung Huynh
Dale Levitski
Brian Malarkey
Sara Mair
CJ Jacobsen
Howie Kleinberg
Tre Wilcox
Sara Nguyen
Joey Paulino
Lia Bardeen
Camille Becerra
Micah Edelstein
Sandee Birdsong
Clay Bowen
Is there some reason why we should care? Folks, this is a reality show, there are winners and losers, but all of them got lots and lots of exposure and a big boost to their careers. Yes Hung won, and thus got the big prize, but Casey isn't going to lose anything for being on the show.
Yikes mama, I seem to remember her winning 2 elimination challenges(Chef Overboard and Snacks on a Plane) while Tre one 3(First Impressions, Cooking By Numbers and Guilty Pleasures) ...hmmm...but over all with Quickfire and Elimination wins her and Hung are tied 5 and 5.
This website her as some pretty good stats for th eshow.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_Chef_%28Season_3%29
Most overrated TC contestant, ever.
Apparently she believes her own press. Seems like Casey fans are just as delusional as she is. I cringed listening to this interview. The only thing she can resort to is blaming everyone and everything instead of taking some responsibility for her poor performance.
I do not buy her "but I had to work" excuse. Being an Exec Chef gives her the advantage of...+READ
Most overrated TC contestant, ever.
Apparently she believes her own press. Seems like Casey fans are just as delusional as she is. I cringed listening to this interview. The only thing she can resort to is blaming everyone and everything instead of taking some responsibility for her poor performance.
I do not buy her "but I had to work" excuse. Being an Exec Chef gives her the advantage of a professional kitchen at her disposal during this "down time". SHe could have used this time in which to formulate and experiment. She is not a line cook therefore this would not be inappropriate or unheard of. This is what EC's do... they create, experiment & test dishes and flavors, etc. . But no, instead she cries "foul" for having to work. In a kitchen.
IMO, she is a sore loser who instead of being graceful when she had the opportunity to, comes "this close" to bashing the winner in public. That to me lacks "soul".-COLLAPSE
What an awful interview. I'm really disappointed in Casey after listening to this. Even though she clearly is trying to sound tactful, she comes across as such a biased, self-absorbed, bitter, ungracious loser. No crap that you need well-rounded skills to be a Top Chef. Casey, you couldn't even dice an onion - and you want to be called Top Chef? And now you spout illogical statements about...+READ
What an awful interview. I'm really disappointed in Casey after listening to this. Even though she clearly is trying to sound tactful, she comes across as such a biased, self-absorbed, bitter, ungracious loser. No crap that you need well-rounded skills to be a Top Chef. Casey, you couldn't even dice an onion - and you want to be called Top Chef? And now you spout illogical statements about working hard and doing the best during the course of the show (wrong). OMG please. I'm glad you didn't win now.-COLLAPSE
Boy does she sound bitter. What does her going back to work right away, compared to Hung's and Dale's opportunities to travel the month following Aspen have to do with the competition? What kind of agenda did bravo have? Geez, these accusations are rather bizzarre. She lost fair and square.
This is the first glimpse of Casey that we have seen that hasn't been malipulated by an editor's desicions. This isn't like the one-on-one interviews in the show where the contestants are probably responding to baiting questions that the audience never hears. This isn't like a print interview where all inflection and intonation is stripped away from your words. This is seven minutes of Casey...+READ
This is the first glimpse of Casey that we have seen that hasn't been malipulated by an editor's desicions. This isn't like the one-on-one interviews in the show where the contestants are probably responding to baiting questions that the audience never hears. This isn't like a print interview where all inflection and intonation is stripped away from your words. This is seven minutes of Casey bitching about how she got screwed. She even makes a bizarre suggestion that Bravo had an "agenda". Yeah, their agenda was to make sure the least liked contestant would win. That's why they made the chefs cook elk in the second to last challenge, a protein that everyone but Hung was familiar with. I bet she thinks it's a case of affirmative action because it's inconceivable that Hung could have won on his merits.-COLLAPSE
Oh but you were there Wondereric, and therefore know shes worthy of the very obvious admiration you have for her? It goes both ways. And i might not have been there, but i have two ears and a functioning brain, and from the bitter jealousy and complete refusal to accept the fact that it was because of her lackluster food that she lost, i can see theres nothing to admire in that girl. Oh and...+READ
Oh but you were there Wondereric, and therefore know shes worthy of the very obvious admiration you have for her? It goes both ways. And i might not have been there, but i have two ears and a functioning brain, and from the bitter jealousy and complete refusal to accept the fact that it was because of her lackluster food that she lost, i can see theres nothing to admire in that girl. Oh and Casey, what "agenda" was Bravo pushing if i might ask? Whoever the interviewer was for for this needs to look up the word journalism. She couldnt have been any more biased.-COLLAPSE
You people are delusional. You act as if you were there. but reality is you were all lambs to the slaughter. You believe everything you see on TV as if you are there and that's what really happened as if editors and producers don't have their own agenda. Trust me they look you in the face and hug you and then stab you in the back all in the name of good TV.
Trust me what that girl has gone...+READ
You people are delusional. You act as if you were there. but reality is you were all lambs to the slaughter. You believe everything you see on TV as if you are there and that's what really happened as if editors and producers don't have their own agenda. Trust me they look you in the face and hug you and then stab you in the back all in the name of good TV.
Trust me what that girl has gone through to get where she is amazing and should be looked up to.-COLLAPSE
Really? WOW! "Male/Female-true colors?" People!
Dear Podar -- feel pretty stupid when you find out I am female? The fact was that most of these negative comments would have never been made if Casey were male. My experience is that women are much harder on other women than men would ever be. The kind of cattyness on display is the exclusive province of women, and is never directed at men.
Yea i was little bummed for Casey until I heard this.She completely fell apart at the judges table, blaming her poor choices and mistakes on anything she could, even Howie who cooked the best recieved meal of hers. She really couldnt be any more jealous. Maybe perhaps a little bitter over being severely outcooked by a sous chef? Either way Hung clearly does have enough soul to be Top Chef,...+READ
Yea i was little bummed for Casey until I heard this.She completely fell apart at the judges table, blaming her poor choices and mistakes on anything she could, even Howie who cooked the best recieved meal of hers. She really couldnt be any more jealous. Maybe perhaps a little bitter over being severely outcooked by a sous chef? Either way Hung clearly does have enough soul to be Top Chef, because he is the Top Chef. Oh and she also neglects to mention or was just ignorant of that Guy Savoy was closed for a month while Hung was taking his vacation.-COLLAPSE
23451bum, what does "estrogen" have to do with anything here? What an asinine, sexist term. I take then you must be a big hairy testosterone filled cave man?
I never have found Casey to be "nice" but instead the phony that she is.
She says she won the most challanges? I remember that in the first half of the series she was in the bottom many times and in fact more than one of her dishes was...+READ
23451bum, what does "estrogen" have to do with anything here? What an asinine, sexist term. I take then you must be a big hairy testosterone filled cave man?
I never have found Casey to be "nice" but instead the phony that she is.
She says she won the most challanges? I remember that in the first half of the series she was in the bottom many times and in fact more than one of her dishes was inedible according to one judge or another.
Big deal, she went right back to work. What does that have to do with being a better chef? Weak, Casey, really weak case you got going here but really strong case of resentment I see.
I never considered you a contestant and in fact think Howie was far better . So there. In fact wasn't Howie's dish the only one of yours the judges liked? Yup.
You lost and your restaurant wins, I guess, since they've got you back.-COLLAPSE
Man, is the estrogen flying here or what? I listened to the entire podcast, and didn't hear what all of y'all heard. OK, she isn't going to go drink a beer with Hung. Why is that a reason to trash her? Casey didn't run away from the fact that for this one challenge, she wasn't on a par with Dale or Hung -- she said so in the finale. She had an impression that the title would be based on the...+READ
Man, is the estrogen flying here or what? I listened to the entire podcast, and didn't hear what all of y'all heard. OK, she isn't going to go drink a beer with Hung. Why is that a reason to trash her? Casey didn't run away from the fact that for this one challenge, she wasn't on a par with Dale or Hung -- she said so in the finale. She had an impression that the title would be based on the totality of the season -- and it wasn't.
Hung reeked arrogance the entire season (only surpassed by Howie!) -- Casey is critical for one moment, and she is the object of all of this scorn. Unbelievable.-COLLAPSE
Casey, you are finally showing your true colors. And it's not pretty to look at. By the way, you and Hung have the same amount of wins this season, 6 out of 10 challenges. So your point that the judges should look at your overall performance this season is moot. You have to really accept that your dishes were not as good as Dale's or Hung's.
Wookie Man, she's doesn't sound almost delusional, She sounds completely delusional.
They explained the problem with the roe on multiple occasions in the episode, and she still can't figure it out.
Look at the scorecards? Hung won just as many challenges (6) as well as the one that gives the title.
It takes more than a putting together plates to be a good chef? Well Hung certainly proved...+READ
Wookie Man, she's doesn't sound almost delusional, She sounds completely delusional.
They explained the problem with the roe on multiple occasions in the episode, and she still can't figure it out.
Look at the scorecards? Hung won just as many challenges (6) as well as the one that gives the title.
It takes more than a putting together plates to be a good chef? Well Hung certainly proved capable of team wins with Rocco, Sara (x3), Howie!, Dale, Tre, Brian (x2), and Lia. Exactly ZERO of the teams Casey was on won a challenge! I guess she was talking about herself. Oh yeah, Hung also runs a kitchen at some obscure place called Guy Savoy.
Complaining that Hung had Sara make his dessert? Okay, take away his dessert (Hun'gs worst dish) and Casey's beef (her best dish), and now the beatdown is complete.
And why does she make such a big deal about how hard she works? Criticizing Hung for taking a month off? It's obvious to anyone that he's piled up 1000 times more hours in a kitchen than she has.
Even immature Marcel manned up last season and admitted he didn't perform well enough to get the title, but the runner-ups this season live in some fantasy land where losing doesn't exist.-COLLAPSE
WHOA. I don't think it's possible to sound more bitter and angry. Casey has officially jumped the shark. She sounds almost delusional with all of her bizarre excuses. I actually felt really bad when the judges crushed her dishes, but now I'm happy she lost. Casey, you lost because your food SUCKED! Deal with it.