Top Chef: Howie Implodes, Quits, Gets Booted

Posted on September 6, 2007

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So it came to this: Iron-willed (or so he claimed) [tag]Top Chef[/tag] contestant [tag]Howie[/tag] couldn’t stand the heat in the kitchen and opted to get out a la Harry S Truman’s standards.

But the judges wouldn’t let him.

First, in last night’s segment, Howie failed to produce a dish in the Quickfire Challenge, a first sign he was getting ready to throw in the towel. Then, in the Elimination Challenge, he produced what the judges panned as two poor appetizers.

After hearing the verdict on his dishes, Howie abruptly announced he was “withdrawing” from the competition, but was told only the judges had that power.

So, a few minutes later, the judges did just that, sending Howie to an early shower, as they say of baseball pitchers who are knocked out of the game.

I could never envision Howie’s winning this thing, but then I can’t envision the others’ doing so either.

My guess is that [tag]Hong[/tag], after his “bread-pudding-is-800-years-old” tantrum, is not long for the competition either, although [tag]Brian[/tag] is right there walking the same gangplank.

We’ll see.

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