School was in session tonight on Top Chef: Just desserts both literally and figuratively as one of the contestants really showed their class in baking skills. Tonight the chefs had to make a wedding cake and put on a real live bake sale. The guest judge was Sylvia Weinstock, undisputed queen of the glamour wedding cake.
Sylvia Weinstock on Top Chef: Just Desserts
During the wedding cake quickfire Heather H. displayed a bitchy side we had not seen up until now. She made some disparaging remarks about Eric and Danielle’s cakes – she thought Eric’s was messy and didn’t like Danielle’s because it was green – not sure why you can’t have a green wedding cake but in Heather’s world it’s a big no-no (what would the Green girl do at her wedding?) Heather saved the toughest words for Erika’s cake - basically saying it looked too domestic and unsophisticated, which seemed silly since it looked fine to me.
Of course justice is swift on reality shows and Erika’s cake won. In being in the bottom three Malika (crying) was reminded by Sylvia Weinstock that “it’s not death only cake.” She obviously hasn’t seen the movie Kings of Pastry. (more…)