Naming Standards

Kelly and I finally got around to watching the premeire of Top Chef. Throughout the last couple seasons, we've begun a semi-tradition of giving nicknames so we can keep track of the contestants. The newest part of this tradition is that we'll actually document the names. So, here they are:

Cool Lesbo: Jamie

Fake n Bake: Ariane

Bug-Eyed Duck: Carla

Big Normie: Richard

Mr. Embarrassed: Patrick

Weird Face: Lauren

Capt. Kirk: Jeff

Bollywood: Radhika

Beard - 2: Daniel

K Fed: Fabio

Olive Oil: Jill

City Girl: Leah

Man Face: Melissa

Big Screech: Alex

Gansta: Eugene

Finland: Stefan

Wide Biel: Lauren

Bald Wayne: Hosea

After the first episode, Wide Biel and Mr. Embarressed have gone home. The former because of her poor peeling, brunoise, and ultimately her cooking skills (the lack, obviously); the latter was eliminated because he had the least favorite dish. Finland won the first elimination challenge.

The contestants have been conditioned on what to expect from the kitchen. Hopefully no one loses their head in with three minutes to go during the elimination challenge and starts smashing knuckles with a meat tenderizer. Not that that sort of thing is a frequent occurance on Top Chef, but you never know about a room full of strangers all cooking together. Hopefully some psych evalutations were performed to prevent that kind of outburst and prevent potential harm to themselves and others.

I'll have to wait a couple of episodes before I can pick someone to pull for, but after the first episode, I have to lean towards Bald Wayne (partially due to the name) and Capt. Kirk (although he can't hear my cheering because of how awesome he is).