Spoiled or Not Spoiled? Only Time Will Tell

There are reports all over the internet that a staffer at Food and Wine inadvertently revealed the winner of this season's Top Chef finale, due to air tomorrow night at 10. Well, it seems now that they've actually got winner profiles posted for both Marcel and Ilan. Let the speculation begin.

And did you see Anthony Bourdain's analysis of the Top Chefs contesants at Michael Ruhlman's blog? Here are some things he says about Marcel and Ilan - but as is always the case with Mr. Bourdain, he has a lot more to say:

On Marcel: This is a very talented kid--with enormous potential for culinary artistry and he's got BIG balls...He has a superb eye for presentation. But his Chef potential? Presently zero.

On Ilan:Okay: So Ilan cribs his offerings shamelessly from Andy Nusser. And he's a manipulative, conspiratorial, vindictive, weasely little shit....(Hardly impediments to a career as a chef). These are classic assets.

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By Laren Spirer in Arts and Events, Food, Food on January 30, 2007 2:34 PM

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Jen

I hate this final two because I can't really root for either. But at least Betty left a couple weeks ago.

Sebastien

My biggest complaint this season is that, except for Marcel, everyone was focusing on everything but the food. It's supposed to be about the food. And the more these idiots tried to convince America that something was wrong with Marcel, the more it made them look like children.

I don't know if Marcel is the best cook in the world... but I know that he puts food first.