Christopher Ciccone on Top Chef?

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August 27, 2007 | 2 Comments

It is not common for Top Chef to bring in guest “consultants” outside of the guest judges for the week. So…why Christopher Ciccone, the man otherwise known as “Madonna’s brother”? It may have been, as some have suggested, an effort to reinforce relations with Top Chef’s gay fans, but, I expect, it mostly [...]

Top Chef 3.9 - All Hail the Underdogs!

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August 23, 2007 | 1 Comment

This week’s Top Chef was really part two of what began last week with the opening of “Restaurant Wars.” It all looked so predictable in the beginning. CJ won the QuickFire challenge last week and chose an all-star team of himself, Tre, Casey, and Brian to face down the ragtag remainder guaranteed-to-not-get-along group [...]

It was not easy to make people feel affection for Marcel on the second season of Top Chef but somehow that smirk and attitude from ultimate winner Ilan Hall drove a number of viewers into Marcel’s camp. Ilan’s status as a villain in the making was not helped by revelations that he spent his [...]

I didn’t really know whether to cheer or be disturbed last week when Top Chef revealed that food blogger Andrea Strong had been at the openings of the competing restaurants in the “Restaurant Wars” episode of the show. Padma Lakshmi proceeded to read her comments and it seemed like we heard more from Strong [...]

It could have been embarrassing for Top Chef that this week’s guest judge Danield Boulud had been involved in settling a discrimination suit filed by his former employees just 2 short weeks ago. His restaurant Daniel agreed to pay $80,000 in damages to 8 workers who alleged discrimination. He will also be required [...]

Top Chef 3.8 - April in the Garage

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August 16, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Sounds sort of romantic, doesn’t it? Well, maybe not. This week’s Top Chef featured one of the most anticipated events for dedicated viewers, the challenge called “Restaurant Wars.” The competitors are divided into two teams that each create an entire restaurant from the food served out of the kitchen to flowers on the [...]

Gail Simmons - The Low Profile Top Chef Judge

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August 15, 2007 | 5 Comments

Padma is the show’s primary eye candy. Tom has turned more than a few heads as the loveable, improbably sexy, teddy bear of a chef, and Ted was already a familiar TV personality due to his stints as a regular on Queer Eye for the Straight Guy and a frequent judge on Iron Chef [...]

Tom Colicchio’s Craft Sets Up Shop in L.A.

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August 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment

For those who follow Top Chef closely both on TV and online, they may have noticed that Tom Colicchio abandoned his Bravo Network blog recently due to work on opening a new restaurant. That venture is a Los Angeles location for Colicchio’s signature line of Craft restaurants. The blog has carried on without [...]

Top Chef 3.7 - Give Them Bacon!

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August 9, 2007 | 1 Comment

This week’s Top Chef was sub-titled “Guilty Pleasures” in anticipation of the QuickFire and Elimination Challenges for the week. The QuickFire pointed out there are limitations to what tastes good mixed into ice cream, and the Elimination Challenge proved that it pays to rise above petty disappointment and focus on the task at hand [...]

Top Chef 3.6 - Out of the Freezer and Into the Fire

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August 2, 2007 | 1 Comment

Although this week’s guest judge was notorious reality TV veteran Rocco DiSpirito, little drama appeared as a result of his participation. Rocco exhibited his exemplary food knowledge, appeared minus 30 lbs. looking impressively fit and trim, and dropped a tremendous compliment to one of the competing teams. However, the Top Chef editors did [...]

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