Carla: "Padma was really upset"

[shallots]

We haven't heard the whole story about the judging.

From Carla's Viewing Party (which sounded fun, and the parsnip tarragon puree sounds interesting,

""Everybody has a bad day. And my day was during the finale. I don't think they expected me to bomb as bad as I did. I think they were really pulling for me. Padma was really upset."

http://dcist.com/2009/02/no_joy_in_ho...

[Ideefixed]

Padma's opinion is worthless. Her being upset is a reflection of her lack of knowledge. I liked Carla, but there was no way she could win.

[Kajikit]

I don't think she was upset that Carla was downgraded for making mistakes... I think she was disappointed that Carla had such a bad day in the kitchen and made the mistakes in the first place! She's done much better on other occasions... I was upset that Carla messed up too, but it happens!

[dmd_kc]

Me too! I love Carla to pieces, but she clearly screwed up at the finale, as she freely acknowledges a million different ways.

I was upset about it, and I'm sure Padma was too. Where's the controversy? Carla owns up 100% to the fact that she didn't deserve to win, as she did in the very first moment of the finale.

It's not like the woman is screaming, "I WUZ ROBBED!" She is the very model of class, making no excuses in any way.

[Pylon]

I could not be more sick of hearing about this. She had no business winning with the decisions she made.

Blaming the meat? Please. If it's not good meat, don't use it. She made so many mistakes, she ended up exactly where she belonged.