Top Chef recap

Didn't recap last week's "Top Chef" episode, but let me say I was so happy to hear Fabio complain about sleeping on a bunk bed or as he called it, a "bunky" bed.

The "bunky" bed situation has been a pet peeve for me for some time. I can't believe Bravo can't spring for better sleeping arrangements.

Oh, and Blonde Guy got the boot last week and I didn't mind seeing him go.

OK, onto last night's show and let me get two things off my chest, pronto:

- Never thought I'd miss Gail, but I'm done, done, done, done! with judge Toby "Stupid Comments" Young. His "Pablo" escolar remark just about sent me over the edge. Dude, you're not clever, or amusing, and you're certainly no Ricky Gervais. I hope the producers chalk this up as an unhappy marriage - a la first season host Katie Lee Joel - and divorce Young.

- Tattoo Girl (Jamie) was borderline disrespectful to judge Eric Ripert and, sorry, she doesn't yet have the cooking chops or reputation to take on one of the best chefs in the country. She didn't tell him to his face that she was "bored" with his food - but she did say it to the camera, which is the same thing.

Quickfire Challenge was filleting fish. Never done it. Well, I've never done it well. That's why God made fish mongers for us non-toque wearers.

I got a little squeamish watching the blood and guts fly during the sardine slicing. And what was with Beaker (Carla) putting on the "dumb gal" Southern accent - channeling Paula Deen, perhaps? - when she screwed up? And Leah quitting in the middle of slicing the arctic char? In front of Eric "Fish God" Ripert? Are you kidding me? I don't get these two numskulls at all.

The final round was the Battle of the Baldies - Stefan versus Hosea. I was rooting for Stefan, who had his best "Dieter from Sprockets" moment this season. Pounding a nail into an eel's head and skinning it while it was still squirming was just another day in Germany for my favorite cocky chef, who was clearly showing a "tiresome" attitude toward Hosea.

Unless he does something really stupid - like trying to shave someone's head - my money's on Sprockets to take it home this season.

Elimination Challenge was reproducing one of the dishes Ripert served at Le Bernardin. This, my friends, was a very difficult and nerve-wracking challenge.

You so knew Hosea was going down when he went on and on about how he's runs a seafood restaurant and he knows fish..blah, blah, blah.....Shut it, baldie. You got bested by your arch nemesis Stefan.

But it was actually Jamie who got the judge's knife for serving up salty celery. Payback for trash talking Ripert? That seems to be "Top Chef" karma.