Nick's mom actually pulled back from him when he first tried to get a kiss from her after service concluded. Even she didn't want him near her.

I absolutely love Nina and Shirley! Stephanie was great, too.

Great season, but I strongly disagree with the decision to crown Nick the winner of TC Season 11. Nina's biggest failure seemed to be the sword fish (the dessert wasn't as strong as it could've been for this level but the flavor was still apparently solid). That said, as Emeril pointed out, he ate all of Nina's sword…