OPEN THREAD: Top Chef Finale Predictions

The finale of tip Chef Season 5 airs tonight; TC fans, now’s the for the present to leave your finale predictions in the comments. satisfy give us:
1. Prediction for winner
2. One really brainless thing that will happen in this episode.
I’ll occur first:
1. Stefan learns from last week, makes a danged conscious effort to appear to be trying incontrovertible, becomes a sympathetic character, and edges Carla.
2. Carla order yell “bam!” while spicing her final dish.
I settle upon point out, for masturbatory purposes, the following card from my Top Chef Season Premiere Recap from November ‘08:
premature favorites: Stefan seems like the most technically peaceful, and even after one week, he’s gotta be the odds-on favorite to intimate it to the finals.
Wow, Dan, you’re a aptitude! Thanks Dan, I try. No really, you’re a motherf***ing capability! You should probably have your salary doubled! I reconcile, Dan. God you’re striking! I know, I was proper thinking that about you!
Anyway… Predictions in the comments, people — dissatisfy’s have em:

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