Note to reader: I am just a fan doing this review for fun any mistakes in it are my own. My review of episode #1 is “Team Alex” under the “TV/Movies” tab of my blog and finally I am watching the show using my DVR so I can pause/rewind as needed while I am writing this.

Dear reader I am really excited for this episode and disclaimer I am pretty much firmly on team Alex.

Alex picks for her team’s food combo:
Meat & Potatoes.

 Alex picks for Bobby’s team’s food combo: Spaghetti & Meatballs.

Alex picks for Michael’s team’s food combo: Surf & Turf.

Alex picks for Curtis’s team’s food combo: Chicken & Waffles.

Each team gets 5 minutes of time with their mentors to go over strategies on their dish(s).

Each team gets 45 minutes to cook their dish(s).

Alex is getting really annoyed with August for not listening to her about taking his steaks off the heat.

At about 20 minutes left to cook Alex uses her SOS button to have 60 seconds to check on her team. She loves Sherry’s food and is still concerned with August. I wish he would be more receptive to her dear reader.

Curtis seems worried about Mimi’s dish so he uses his SOS button. Curtis tells Mimi that her patties are flavorless I wonder how this will turn out Sharon’s having a lot of difficulties with her waffles.

10 minutes of cooking time to go and Michael uses his SOS button to go check on his team, Bobby is the last mentor with an SOS button left.

At pretty much the last minute Boby uses his SOS button to check on his team.

Twist: Each mentor has to decide which member of their team goes into the elimination test…Yikes:(.

For the elimination test Alex sends: August. Bobby sends: Angela. Michael sends: Bill. Curtis sends: Plot twist: Mimi nominates herself to go into the elimination test, Curtis agrees to let her go to the elimination test for his team, this should be interesting dear reader.

Elimination Test dish: seafood and cheese in 30 minutes.

August burns his muscles…Oh no.

Curtis uses his SOS button first this round. He helps her with her fish.

Guest Judge for this episode is: Jeffrey Z from “Iron Chef”(sorry I dear reader don’t want to really mess up his last name).

Best dish: Angela from team Bobby. Mimi is safe from team Curtis. Bottom two cooks from this episode are: Bill, team Michael and August from team Alex.

Cook Eliminated this episode is: Bill from team Michael. I bet Michael feels really bad about telling Bill to add that second pinch of cinnamon to his dish.

I am excited for next week’s episode dear reader: ).