It is strange to see the first few years (I watched seasons 5-10 first).

i actually found marcel to be arrogant, annoying and of moderate talent. he did not however deserve the physical abuse.

Here’s the thing I’ve seen Marcel in competitions post Top Chef, notably The Next Iron Chef, and in that show he really did do a lot of underhanded things not limited to conspiring with another competitor who was up for elimination to plate their dishes on the same plate to both not be eliminated (the judges called them out on this and it was implied that they had also done this so that perhaps another contestant would be eliminated instead). And while I don’t necessarily think that Marcel actively made the decision to cheat in the kids camp episode, he was certainly aware of what he possibly did before everyone was called out. Where as with this I do believe he was aware that he was moving Elia’s equipment in order to mess her up, maybe not have her eliminated but certainly to cause her grief.

We didn't even see the worst of the bullying because it was edited out to protect the show and the network. Tom wanted to send all of them home, except for Marcel, after the hair incident, but production wouldn't agree so they ended up just sending Cliff home. No matter what you or anyone else "believes" about Marcel he didn't deserve to be bullied throughout the competition.

I agree. Cliff holding Marcel down violently to shave his head without his consent was WAY TOO FAR. I'm glad Cliff was expelled for that.

To her defense it was that guy who mentioned stuff in the first place

Ilan and Sam were too cowardly to call out Marcel, so they pressured Elia to do it instead.

I agree it!! Plus it should've been Marcel and Sam for the finale two.

True. Agree 100%. Marcel should have won.

Other than Botox and other little tweaks you have to look at the aging process. We change dramatically in appearance from infancy through childhood and the process of change is slowing down as we get older. People will appear to change more between 20 and 30 than they will between 30 and 40 or 40 and 50. Alot of the changes that happen at the older years are more noticable in the body than the face; muscle tone diminishing, bones thinning, hair graying (if left natural) internal organs giving way to disease, etc. While they may be getting small doses of Botox for the wrinkles and just a little lip filler eventually those little tweaks start adding up until they start looking a little freakish. It all goes in time.

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Yep - the jealousy is thick. He's just in his own league and they can't compete. He's cut from a different cloth, so to speak. So he gets targeted for being unique and the generic people gang bully him.

Ilan had 3/4 seasons of his own show and several restaurants. Elia was a different story though. Her fight with Tom hurt her career

I've seen Ilian on several other shows judging other chefs. I only saw Marcell selling some frying pans.

@Connie It was Cliff that put him in a headlock on the floor. Crazy ep!

Then they should have gotten rid of them

If you turn off someone's heat, while they have their food cooking or add ingredients that were not meant to be there, that would be considered sabotage aka cheating. I don't know that he did that but it is possible.

I said the exact same thing!! Whiney, jealous poor losers!!

Yep - the jealousy is thick

I admit I didn't like Marcel at first but as the season panned out I hated mostly everyone but Marcel

@@joebloggs2132 Yes! After watching a few times, I came away with such little respect for Cliff, Ilian, Elia, Sam, and Betty. They ended up looking exactly like the horrible people they are.

He did make a lot of snot I mean foam

Intimidated? Not hardly. Marcel is just annoying.

What truth teller? She just wanted him gone because she was afraid of his skills.

He might be but she was embarrassing

It was more a personality thing. Marcel was very young and very full of himself. Of course many of the chefs on the show are similar. And while i sometimes can find that irritating, i didn’t really find him irritating personally. it’s a series worth watching, especially for the previous episode, where Cliff, one of the strongest contestants, was disqualified for holding Marcel down and attempting to shave his head.

Sam did that weird hinting thing a couple times this season. This was the first season of TC I watched, and enjoyed it when it came out. I recently watched it however and it’s really tough to get through.

Because he didn’t cheat lol

I hated this season. The chefs acted like a bunch of “mean girls.” Cliff was a bully, and I hated the way he treated Maya when she decided to leave the competition. Both Elia and Cliff refused to listen to Maya during that challenge, who had catering experience, and then Cliff laid their failure at Maya’s feet. Equally disgusting was Maya playing the martyr and claiming Elia should stay. To me Elia wasn’t worth the gesture, and it really showed Maya’s lack of confidence in her abilities as a chef. I also could not stand Elan the manipulator. Elan was definitely jealous of Marcel’s talent and orchestrated scenarios ( Cliff manhandling Marcel, Elia accusing Marcel of cheating) in order to undermine Marcel. Elan is the least talented winner of TC.

@@avalangrin4904 even Nicholas from New Orleans was better.

A bit, now that you mention it. Not a bad person to resemble 😈

Ella you still angry after all these years I still see that you were the problem with Season 2 Marcel was the best chef that season and you know it

You realize this aired 15 years ago?

Yeah right, he wishes

Not a fan of Padma.

Marcel and Padma went steady

That word is so overused. I guess people can’t disagree or dislike someone these days without it being labeled “haters” 🙄

Sharon c..so right.if you don't agree you are a hater.ridiculous!

and?

He's nervous

Top chef? Absolutely not!!!

Yep it's run it's course, no pun intended. Frankly I'm just tire of all these shows editing it how they want it to be. Faux drama. I need to know if those peas were really stolen.

This was like season 3