Jun

29

What Is Chicken a la King?

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June 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment

In this week’s episode of Top Chef covering recreations of classic family dishes, one of the most confusing dishes presented to the judges was Sara M.’s version of Chicken a la King (seen at right). The judges agreed that they were confused about how this dish related to real Chicken a la King. [...]

Jun

28

Top Chef 3.3 - “Grandma’s Fried Chicken Will Kill You!”

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June 28, 2007 | 2 Comments

Top Chef has such a high level of talent this year that it’s already getting difficult to eliminate contestants in only the 3rd episode. Compared with last week’s controversy over what barbecue really is, this week’s episode moved along rather smoothly. There was more than a hint of “sore loser” attitude at the [...]

Jun

27

Ted Allen Takes a Judges Seat Tonight on Top Chef

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June 27, 2007 | 2 Comments

This year Top Chef has added a new face to the judges’ table. However, he is very familiar to many cable viewers. Ted Allen will alternate weeks with the familiar face of Food and Wine’s Gail Simmons. Allen first became familiar to viewers of food TV as the food and dining [...]

Jun

27

Hell’s Kitchen 3.4 - Offal Isn’t That Awful

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June 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment

As Hell’s Kitchen continues to wind along, I feel the need to point out the obvious. The show is certainly not about the food. It is about verbal and psychological abuse. Unfortunately, this week’s episode even veered into territory of disdain for food.

Jun

25

Next Food Network Star 3.4 - Deep-Fried Meatloaf?

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June 25, 2007 | 2 Comments

This week we were down to 6, and by the time the dust had settled last night, only 5 remained. It was a week in which one ugly duckling turned into a swan, and the ultimate secret weapon was revealed - the deep fryer!

Jun

21

Gordon Ramsay Is Sued Over Reality That Isn’t Real

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June 21, 2007 | 1 Comment

According to a plaintiff in a current lawsuit, Hell’s Kitchen’s resident tyrant, Chef Gordon Ramsay, decided his upcoming Fox reality show needed a bit of a fictional boost to make good food TV. This fall Fox is scheduled to begin airing Ramsay’s new show Kitchen Nightmares. The thrust of the new series is [...]

Jun

21

Top Chef 3.2 - When Is Barbecue Not Barbecue?

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June 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment

After last week’s season opener in which the new contestants were forced to finish their welcome buffet by turning it into fine food in a QuickFire challenge and then were thrown into the lion’s pit, cooking a full range of bizarre proteins, at the mercy of Anthony Bourdain, this week’s exploration of citrus and barbecue [...]

Jun

12

Greetings!

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June 12, 2007 | 2 Comments

It’s getting hot in the kitchen this summer! Three intense reality cooking shows are running simultaneously to keep foodies entertained through the dog days of June, July, and August. Bravo is delivering a 3rd big season of Top Chef Wednesdays at 10 p.m. ET. Not to be outdone, the Food Network has [...]