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Top Chef is on for a fifth season.  The show will be based in New York City and is set to air later this year.  And it’s about time that the show is going to be based in New York City.  When I think of fine dining the first place I think of is New [...]

All I have to say about the finale of Top Chef is Thank Goodness Stephanie won. There are several reasons why, but here are my top two. First, it’s about time a woman won Top Chef. Second, I really, really, really, REALLY did not want Lisa to win.
After a breakfast where the [...]

I was excited that the Top Chef finale was finally here. For the most part I was happy about the chefs in the top four – I’ve thought all along that Richard and Stephanie were the best chefs this season but I have to admit some surprise at Lisa and Antonia in the finals. [...]

I love Top Chef.  I’ve enjoyed the show since the first episode of season 1.  However, I’m starting to wonder about the challenges that are being presented to the chefs this far along in the competition.  I’m not sure they are appropriate for the talent level remaining in the competition.
We begin with the Quickfire and [...]

This past week on Top Chef had the producers bringing back two of the all time favorite Top Chef challenges. The cynic in me wonders if they really are fan favorites, or if the producers are running out of things to do.
The Quickfire challenge had the contestants entering the kitchen to see Tom Colicchio [...]

The Top Chef quickfire challenge this week featured Oprah’s personal chef, Art Smith. The chefs had to use Uncle Ben’s microwavable rice to create a fabulous entrée in only 15 minutes. After everyone scuttled around the kitchen, Chef Smith surveyed the finished dishes. The three dishes he liked the least were Mark, [...]

Is it me or does it seem as if the producers of Top Chef are running out of challenges?
The quickfire challenge tonight had the chefs creating a dessert. Big surprise there, a dessert challenge. Guest Judge for this week was Johnny Iuzzini, well known for his talents as a pastry chef. The [...]

Top Chef last night was all about “simple pleasures” in the words of Padma. Personally I think they are running out of creative challenges and are trying to make things sound more interesting than they really are. However, I love to tailgate so I was kind of interested in the elimination challenge this [...]

The first four weeks of Top Chef had all the contestants getting along, at least for the most part.  Last week we saw the beginning of some discord, some anger, jealousy and whatever but this week…..whoa!
The theme of this week’s show was good taste.  In order to test the palette of the remaining contestants Padma [...]

I’m going to begin this post with an observation on the previous winners of Top Chef.  The introduction has been re-cut so we see shots of Harold, Ilan and Hung, previous winners of the show.  All three of them are skinny.  A long time ago I worked with a chef who told me never to [...]