So I haven't been watching Top Chef Season 2 because I wanted to TiVo the whole season and watch it back to back. Now that it's over, I'm starting to watch it.

Like the first season, the first rounds of peiosdes deal with the themes of teamwork and food for the masses rather than fine dining, which I think is great. The show isn't Top Fine Dining Chef, but simply Top Chef and in order to win you've got to have a great knowledge of both blue collar food and gourmet food. It amazes me that every season you have these fine dining cooks bitch and moan about being asked to cook blue collar food. My favorite episode so far was the TGIFriday's episode. Not everyone can afford to eat at a fine dining restaurant and to see them whine about having to cook food for a turn and burn operation is priceless.

Classically trained chefs love classic peasant food. TGIFriday's is modern peasant food.