Feb

6

Meet Top Chef: Dale

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February 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Top Chef: Dale
AGE: 29
HOME TOWN: Chicago, Ill.
PROFESSION: Sous Chef at Buddakan
CULINARY EDUCATION: Culinary Institute Of America
FAVORITE SIMPLE SPRING RECIPE: Grilled matsutake mushrooms, shaved myoga, spicy truffled ponzu
Dale, a sous chef at Buddakan, one of [...]

Feb

5

Rocco DiSpirito Guests on Biggest Loser

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February 5, 2008 | 27 Comments

 
Top Chef guest chef and star of "The Restaurant" , Rocco DiSpirito will guest star on NBC’s hit weight loss series "The Biggest Loser: Couples" tonight, February 5 (8-10 p.m. ET).
Rocco will be judging a cook-of challenge that will have the losers preparing a tasty but low calorie three-course meal.
The teams will have [...]

Feb

3

Introducing Top Chef: Ryan

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February 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Top Chef: Ryan
 
AGE: 28
HOMETOWN: Los Banos, Calif. – currently resides in San Francisco, Calif.
PROFESSION: Chef, Myth Cafe
CULINARY EDUCATION: Associate of Arts, California Culinary Academy
FAVORITE SIMPLE SPRING RECIPE: Chilled spring pea soup with Strauss yogurt [...]

Feb

1

Meet Top Chef Antonia

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February 1, 2008 | 1 Comment

 
Top Chef: Antonia
AGE: 31
HOMETOWN: Los Angeles, Calif.
PROFESSION: Executive Chef, Foxtail, SBE Restaurant Group
CULINARY EDUCATION: French Culinary Institute
FAVORITE SIMPLE SPRING RECIPE: Baby beets with bouchon goat cheese and marcona almonds Antonia worked for executive chef Lee [...]

Feb

1

Introducing Top Chef: Andrew

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February 1, 2008 | 2 Comments

Top Chef: Andrew
AGE: 30
HOMETOWN: Fort Lauderdale, Fla. – currently resides in New York City
PROFESSION: Sous Chef in NYC
CULINARY EDUCATION: A.S. Culinary Arts, Johnson & Wales, North Miami
FAVORITE SIMPLE SUMMER RECIPE: Diced strawberries, mango, tomato, [...]

Jan

31

Top Chef Chicago Picks Final 16

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January 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment

The fourth season of Top Chef is still more than a month away, but for 16 lucky and talented contestants, it must feel like years! 
Bravo has announced the line-up for Top Chef: Chicago and they include a restaurant consultant from San Francisco, a sous chef from New York, and a culinary designer who [...]

Sep

12

Congratulations On Your Engagement, Gail!

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September 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment

The news is out that Gail Simmons, Top Chef judge, is now engaged to be married to her long-time boyfriend Jeremy. He surprised her with a ring, elegant breakfast in bed, and bouquets of flowers. Read all of the details and join Reality Cooking in wishing the happy couple all of the best!
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Sep

6

Top Chef 3.10 - Nothing + Bad Food = Goodbye Howie

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September 6, 2007 | Leave a Comment

First Howie shocked his fellow contestants by not coming up with ANYTHING for the Quickfire Challenge and followed that up with ugly and bad food. To no one’s suprise, it was finally Howie’s night to pack up his knives and go home. Sadly, it seemed that he had finally maybe even learned a [...]

Sep

1

Geoduck - What, Exactly, Is It?

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September 1, 2007 | 3 Comments

For me, the exotic protein challenge at the beginning of this third season of Top Chef is still one of the season’s most fascinating. Beyond such oddities as eel and black chicken, we were introduced to geoduck (pronounced “gooey duck”). I must admit that prior to the show, even though I consider myself [...]

Aug

29

What To Do If You’re Missing Your Top Chef Fix

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August 29, 2007 | 1 Comment

Yes, once again Bravo interrupts your regularly scheduled week of Top Chef Season 3 competition to bring you a re-run. This time it’s another chance to see the “4 Star All Stars” battle between contestants from Seasons 1 and 2. For those of us who are addicted to our weekly fix of the current [...]

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