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...break the jinx. Given the splendor of the food he produced in the qualifying contest, and the nanotech precision of his four-star kitchen - not to mention the months of training and coaching he'll receive - there's every reason to believe Kent will do better than the U.S.' best ever finish. The question, though, isn't whether we can win; the question is why we would even want to. (See Bocuse d'Or: Americans in a French Food Fight...
...culture: Top Chef remains a ratings juggernaut, and The Food Network's Iron Chef likewise. Competition barbecue gets bigger every year. And even on the local level, every city is seeing more and more local cook-offs, from high-end ones like Cochon 555 that feature some of the best chefs in town, to pro-am affairs like the Cassoulet Contest or Meatball Slapdown, events I recently judged in New York...
...doesn't take much for cooks to become obsessed with competition. The dining public already tends to think in sports terms anyway. Every city magazine has a "best of" issue whose every category is hotly debated. The stars the local paper gives out make or break restaurants by telling uncertain diners with limited money to spend where they can blow it with the minimum risk. Chefs like to say that they just want to feed people, or, more wussily still, "make my guests happy." But the truth is that they got into the business because they were creative and driven...
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