Dad Eliminated from Home Top Chef

Yes, it's no secret, I enjoy cooking.  That's why when my lovely wife took a new job, I was happy to help out in the kitchen preparing food for the family.  I am your typical hack of a home chef, which, when combined with watching 5 seasons of Top Chef, fills my head with delusions of grandeur.  Those delusions were brought swiftly to reality, when, in my own home, I was asked to pack my knives and go home.

Chef Dad is woefully eliminated from the competition

So, let's cut to the chase.  As you may remember, Chef Dad was thrilled to teach the children the joy of eating Tilapia.  So Chef D makes that number again tonight, with mashed potatoes and broccoli.  Well, the time change had us a little behind (the oven lied and said it was still 5:30, instead of 6:30), so I was rushing to get the chow to the table.

I have been using the flaking method to see when fish is done cooking, but I had a fatal flaw... I was only checking at the edge of the fish, so as to not break the filets right in the middle.  So, mom's piece of fish, was, let's say, "seared."

Not only was mom's fish underdone, but she also found a few pinbones... and let's just leave it at this: she out-did the moment where Padma spat out a contestant's food in Season 5.

Maybe I can learn from this mistake and return as a wildcard later in the season.