And then there were three...

No! Not Antonia! Sour-face Lisa gets to stick around for the finale but nice Antonia has to leave. And before the episode is even over, Lisa throws a fit. Sheesh.

I was looking forward to a Richard-Stephanie-Antonia finale so I could be happy no matter who wins. Oh well. In the words of Meatloaf, two out of three ain't bad. Still good odds that one of the nice ones will win. And, really, Richard and Stephanie have consistently proven themselves to be better chefs by far.

On a side note, why is the world of professional chefs so hard for women to break into? A woman has never won Top Chef. In the past three seasons, the final 5 has consistently been mostly male. Every season, the women mention how much of a struggle it can still be for female chefs. I just don't get it. Isn't cooking supposed to be women's work? Yet somehow, when it comes to professional cooking, male chauvinism still managed to erect barriers that women have had to break down.