On tonight's episode of Top Chef Masters:

For the Quickfire, Chef Hotpants McGee (a.k.a.: Curtis Stone) tells the chefs they'll be "going back to their roots" and have to create dishes with roots, herbs and some fierce-looking insects. I just want to know if they'll have to kill the bugs themselves or if they were given live ones for gross-out effect.

As for the Elimination Challenge, Bravo is giving us no clues this week, but it looks like something challenging, stressful and it has to be executed in a short period of time (just going out on a limb here). It looks like, whatever the challenge is, Naomi Pomeroy steps up and takes charge of the kitchen, making sure everyone's dishes are in line with what's going on their menu. (Group challenge?). Anyway, some folks aren't too happy about being "bossed around."

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This article appears in Apr 21-27, 2011.