I am head over heels in love with this chick. I really don't watch much TV at all, but I couldn't take myself away from Bravo's Top Chef this season. I've always enjoyed the show, but no contestant has ever stolen my heart like Carla.

She's sweet, quirky and ridiculously talented. Her attitude towards competition and the art of cooking was so refreshing. She says and does everything from a place of love and respect yet never takes herself too seriously. She's one of the few reasons that reality tv and competition should exist. Someone give this woman her own show!

Anybody else digging her?










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This shit had me dying!

whenever one of these shows turns out an outspoken vegan or vegetarian chef (outspoken as in, they will actually refuse to cook with ingredients that they wouldn't eat), i will be their number one groupie.

I don't get Bravo ~ used to love this show before they moved it.

Anxiety said:

Yeah, I could see your dilemma with this. There are some pretty graphic things that happen on these shows.

MoonSongs said:

I guess I thought it had always been on Bravo.

I absolutely LOVE her! She's hilarious and cute and incredibly corny

I hate that she didn't do the best, for the final challenge...I prefer when the underdog wins it


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TRON said:

suckling pigs on iron chef was the worst.

Omg! She's lives in Maryland/DC! I wonder if she has a restaurant here

Anxiety said:

I've never really watched that show. What happened?

TRON said:

it started with a gigantic table of dead baby pigs and we turned the damn channel is what happened!

thekidsgirl said:

I felt the same way. The thing is, the 2 issues that the judges had with her were the things that she modified based on her sous chef's suggestions. It's really too bad, cuz if she hadn't gotten flustered by the appetizer and gone with her original menu, she would've easily won.

thekidsgirl said:

I know that she has some kind of business, at least catering. I wanna know and I wanna go!

Anxiety said:

Understandable.

I still remember your protest of the praying mantis eating contest thingy.

Did you ever get that tattoo, btw?

I looooove Carla! She has a fantastic personality & she's so expressive w/ those huge eyes, she cracks me UP. & she could have WON THAT MF!!! Oh Carla, she was killin' me w/ the mistakes she made

she is the only reason i was able to get into watching this season... i like this show and when it first started i was on the fence if i was going to be able to get into it... then with her silliness it helped to add to the show and i think she was able to bring out some of the others as well.. i hate that she didn't go with her heart for the finale and do her thing... if she did i think she would have won it..

Anxiety said:

That and the live fish. I just have to turn it immediately. It makes me so angry when they take a great ingredient like squash or something and destroy it with adding meat.

MoonSongs said:

Anxiety said:

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She seems pretty funny. Was she just a contestant or is she a regular on some TV show?

Lammastide said:

Contestant on this season...

I'm sad it's over and that I don't have it all taped. They should put these out on DVD.

Lammastide said:

Yup, she does seem, never heard of her before. Will have to youtube her

We will have to go with witty Gordon Ramsay instead, the man who made me watch cooking shows

MarySharon said:

I love this show I just wish he'd give up that Hell's Kitchen garbage

She looks a lot like my cousin, who also happens to be an awesome cook... but is a guy.

I LOVE Carla! I was pissed as hell that she didn't win. At the beginning of the season I was like, who the heck is this chick??? But her personality and esp her dishes won me over. Her dishes during the one before the last at the New Orleans benefit...she made oyster stew...looked SOO good. One thing about Top Chef, is a lot of times the contestants make stuff that might look interesting, but I would never eat...but Carla's ALWAYS looked tasty.

CalhounSq said:

Don't know if he continues Hell's Kitchen, it sure was way less good than Kitchen Nightmare