Top Chef

Review: Top Chef - Restaurant Wars

source: TV Squad

S06E09) The thing that sets Top Chef apart from similar shows such as Project Runway or Hell's Kitchen, is the level of professionalism on display. While both of those shows have strong contestants, on the whole, the pool seems more amateurish than those on Top Chef. This was clearly eviden...

Published Thu, Oct 22

Recipe Recommendation: Deconstructed Fondue

source: The Kitchn

We usually think of deconstructed dishes as something best left for restaurants and Top Chef contestants. But this fondue recipe – made with just two ingredients and served with a shot on the side � We usually think of deconstructed dishes as something best left for restaurants and Top Che...

Published Fri, Oct 16

Top Chef : A Tale of Two Cancers, One Pig and a Mustache [Recaps]

source: Gawker

Everybody who is reading this—I assume—was present for Hippity's liveblog so there isn't any need for me to rehash the particulars of the Elimination Challenge. Suffice to say, contestants were asked to pair their pork dish to a particular wine for Charlie Palmer's big charity event Pig...

Published Wed, Oct 14

Live Blogging Top Chef , Week 8 [Top Chef]

source: Gawker

In the latest chapter of their pathetic, "needy biddy vs. nerdy bully" psychodrama, Eli will yell at Robin, "You're not my mother!" But really, she might as well be, given that he's such a son of a bitch.The contestants will help guest-judge Charlie Palmer host one of his "Pigs and Pinot" eve...

Published Wed, Oct 14

Alton Brown calls Top Chef a "sous chef kind of show"... then takes it back

source: TV Squad

In a bit of a surprise, one of the contestants, Amanda Freitag, was being assisted by her friend Ariane Duarte, one of the more popular contestants from rival program Top Chef's New York season (I was so flabbergasted by the turn of events, I snapped a pic of the two with my cell phone). When I p...

Published Thu, Oct 8

Tonight's TV Addictions: June 17, 2009 - DVR Playground

source: DVR Playground

Tonight's TV Addictions: June 17, 2009 LOSTerminds Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse take a break from their other job to drop by tonight's TOP CHEF MASTERS, which has contestants Wylie Dufresne, Suzanne Tracht, and Elizabeth Falkner concocting meals inspired by their hit ABC show in an ...

Published Wed, Jun 17

Top Chef Lee Ann Wong Changes Diet, Reaps Rewards

source: newsweek.com

Lee Ann Wong, the fan favorite from season one of Bravo's Top Chef, has a lot going on: she's now the executive chef for Kogi New York: the original Kogi, in LA, is the insanely popular Korean BBQ truck locatable only via Twitter. ...

Published Mon, Jun 15

Just An Online Minute... Move Over Internet Week, It's Normal Week ...

source: MediaPost Publications

 New York Specific Media is celebrating their 10th anniversary and as part of their celebration they're featuring a culinary beatdown between two of Bravo's "Top Chef" contestants. So that means great food and entertainment in their new office space overlooking ...

Published Mon, Jun 15