<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Jumped The Snark]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[http://jumpedthesnark.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[skeim01]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://jumpedthesnark.com/author/skeim01/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Gratuitous Search Term Bait of the Day: What a&nbsp;Croc]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>One of our favorite pastimes on this blog is <a href="http://jumpedthesnark.com/2009/11/13/more-crocs-on-top-chef-but-still-way-behind-tattoos-for-most-common-cheftestant-accessory/" target="_blank">noting the preponderance of Crocs</a> on <em>Top Chef</em>, so it wasn&#8217;t surprising to see today&#8217;s search term, &#8220;top chef crocs.&#8221;  But this <em>All-Stars</em> season has been disappointingly devoid of the rubber footwear (as well as tattoos, which had become a recent <em>Top Chef</em> signature look).  But luckily Season 9 court jester Angelo has provided us a worthy substitute.</p>
<p>As we touched on <a href="http://jumpedthesnark.com/2011/02/09/last-week-on-top-chef-take-the-primi-leave-the-antipast/" target="_blank">yesterday</a>, in last week&#8217;s food meets fashion Quickfire challenge Angelo did his best to make pineapple skin look like a crocodile skin purse.  Unfortunately, Angelo ran into two problems, 1) it looked disgusting, and b) he doesn&#8217;t know how to spell &#8220;crocodile.&#8221;  Sorry, Angelo; the first rule of <em>Top Chef </em>is you don&#8217;t talk about <em>Top Chef</em>; the second rule is that you know how to spell crocodile.  The third rule of <em>Top Chef</em> is that you don&#8217;t tell Issac Mizrahi that Roberto Cavalli is your favorite designer.</p>
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<p>Sorry, Angelo!  No better luck next time!</p>
<p>Oh, and just for kicks:</p>
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