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Utensils down, hands up! Top Chef is back, and by the looks of this first episode of the New York season, I think we’ll be in for quite the ride, as Tom said. It seems as though we’ve got a nice selection of colorful characters, and while there are some generic, nameless ones in the …
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Yesterday afternoon, while my friend Jash and I were getting drunk and watching TV, a most curious text message arrived on my phone. It came from my friend Caty, and for whatever reason, I felt the need to read it out loud (not a normal practice). “This message is from my friend, Caty,” I said, …
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With last night’s (slightly dull) reunion special, Top Chef: Chicago came to a triumphant end. I was really hoping for more histrionics and drama in the episode  or at the very least, some hostile barking from Lisa  but we really only got a bunch of montages that weren’t too great. I did, however, …
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Click to play Tonight, Bravo airs the Top Chef: Chicago reunion, and what better way to get in the mood than by listening to the music of Padma Lakshmi. No, these aren’t original compositions. These are merely a sampling of her favorite tunes, which she shared on Los Angeles NPR outpost, KCRW. To hear the …
FUCK YOU, bloggers! Doing much to dispel her reputation as a pugnacious uber-bitch in search of a simple congratulations, Top Chef’s Lisa Fernandes tells the The New York Daily News that “No matter what the blogs say about me not taking into consideration about what the judges tell me, or that I don’t respond well …
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Last night, another sweet and spicy season of Top Chef drew to a close, but not before giving us a tasting menu’s worth of anxiety as the producers successfully conned me into believing that Lisa actually had a chance of winning the whole thing. I knew it was just a bunch of misdirection, but stranger …
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Well, hello. Top Chef wraps up its solid fourth season tonight, which means that by the end of the evening, one of the three remaining “cheftestants” will be walking home with the proverbial gold medal. By most accounts, it’s a tight race between the affable Richard (he of the oft-maligned faux-hawk, the dorky puns, and …
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Well, Top Chef headed down to Puerto Rico last night for part one of its finale, and I have to say, I was none to happy with the results. The outcome was a veritable “FUCK YOU!” to the audience; although, I suppose I can understand the judges’ rationale. Truth is that since we can’t eat …
Ladies and gentlemen, we have our Top Chef final four. After a grueling beef-based episode that saw the chefs conquering the famed Chicago steakhouse scene, one unlucky person was unceremoniously chopped from competition like a lonesome ribeye at the butchery. Okay, that was a forced analogy, but on an installment that was all about meat, …
When Padma said that Top Chef had thrown “Restaurant Wars” to the wayside to make room for “Wedding Wars,” I knew it just couldn’t be true. Sure enough, the seasonal tradition was back last night as the remaining six contestants split into two teams and duked it out, culinary style. In one kitchen were the …