Hi, everyone. Sorry for the late recap post. Lots of other things took priority. But as the old adage states, better late than never
.
Our contestant for this episode is 28-year-old Lisa-Marie Frenette from Quebec City. She works for TonResto.ca, a website that serves as a guide to the best restaurants in Quebec. Lisa-Marie aspires to open her own restaurant someday, and will put her winnings towards accomplishing that dream. She also loves to cook.
The models descend, and instead of the usual 20 women and 6 men, we have 26 chefs from across Quebec. Each one has a surprise for Lisa-Marie, and the surprise include cookware, cookbooks, cooking lessons, kitchen utensils, gift certificates, and one-on-one meetings, among other things.
Chef Daniel Vézina then arrives on set, and presents Lisa-Marie with a cooking lessons for her and nine of her friends. That's a pretty sweet deal. Also sweet: Three of the cases have Nissan smart keys inside, one of which starts a 2014 Nissan Versa, worth
$20,700. If you're joining us for the first time, Le Banquier is a sponsor-driven program, and Nissan is one of their sponsors.
The usual bonuses - Capital One and the Surprise case - are in play as well. Lisa-Marie picks case 19, and the dealing gets underway.
Round 1 - 6 to open[4] -
$25,000[25] -
$500 - The first of the three smart keys is inside, but it doesn't start the car.
[11] -
$.01[1] -
$175,000[12] -
$10[10] -
$750Offre du Banquier: $36,000Lisa-Marie says:
REFUSÉERound 2 - 5 to open[15] -
$1,000[20] -
$75[17] -
$300[26] -
$125,000[3] -
$300,000Offre du Banquier: $49,000Lisa-Marie says:
REFUSÉERound 3 - 4 to open[21] -
$20 / Surprise - The Surprise is a trip to Italy worth
$7,000. Not too shabby.
[2] -
$100 - The second of the three smart keys is inside, but it doesn't start the car.
[8] -
$50Before opening the last case of the round, Julie and Lisa-Marie make a pizza together using one of Lisa-Marie's special recipes. Julie amuses everyone by fumbling about and knocking into things. Once the pizza is finished, they put it into an oven to bake. Lisa-Marie then makes her final case selection.
[7] -
$400 - All-blue round
!
Offre du Banquier: $79,000Lisa-Marie says:
REFUSÉERound 4 - 3 to open[5] -
$200[6] -
Capital One / L'Ingot D'Or - Lisa-Marie secures the
$10,000 Capital One bonus.
[9] -
$50,000Offre du Banquier: $108,000Lisa-Marie says:
REFUSÉERound 5 - 2 to open[24] -
$400,000[18] -
$5,000 - The last smart key is inside, and as you might have guessed, it starts the car. Inside the trunk is
$140 worth of cookware from Le Creuset.
Offre du Banquier: $119,000Lisa-Marie says:
ACCEPTÉEHmm, I'm not sure that was the best decision. Might've been a few more rounds left in this game. Let's see what would've happened if Lisa-Marie played on.
ProveoutsRound 6 - 1 to open[22] -
$1 - Oops.
Offre du Banquier aurait été:
$163,000Round 7 - 1 to open[16] -
$200,000 - This is beginning to look like a bad decision.
Offre du Banquier aurait été:
$179,000Round 8 - 1 to open[13] -
$100,000 - Jesus Murphy...
Offre du Banquier aurait été:
$235,000Round 9 - 1 to open[23] -
$5 - Holy crap, did she ever drop the ball here.
Offre du Banquier aurait été:
$389,000 (on a
$150,000 /
$500,000 finish)
Either way, we know that Lisa-Marie sold out way too early. But did she just sell the jackpot, something that UK contestants have done a lot lately?
Julie opens Lisa-Marie's case 19 to reveal
$150,000. So it's still not a great deal, but it's not nearly as bad as it could've been. Case 14, the other remaining case, had the
$500,000.
But the good news is that Lisa-Marie returns to Quebec City with a total of
$156,140 in cash and stuff, including a brand-new car.
More fun this Sunday with another episode. I'll be back with a recap after it airs.
FAQ
Posted: Sat Nov 23, 2013 4:55 am Author: Dr. Hindsight Post subject: Le Banquier - November 17, 2013
