First of all, TV fans, let me just throw you a cyber fist bump and wish you all a happy 9.02.10. Donna Martin graduates!
Kevin had some trouble when his pork belly wouldn't cook through and he had to pair quail with merlot with only two minutes left on the clock. Those tiny little wings on the grill looked so meek and small and pretty damn tasty, but he knew and we all knew Cowin would bust him on pairing a bold wine with such a itty bitty delicate birdy.
While the chefs prepped in the Ronald Reagan Building of the International Trade Center, the judges were sitting down to a glowing white table. That table was kinda strange, I'm just gonna say it. It looked like a portion of the dance floor from Saturday Night Fever or Soul Train. I really hopped Buzz Aldrin would hustle down it with Anthony Bourdain (guest judges and diners also included astronaut Sandra Magnus, Expedition 18; NASA food scientist Vickie Kloeris, astronaut Leland Melvin, Space Shuttle Atlantis, along with Tom, Padma and Eric Ripert).