Can You Stand the Heat in the ‘Top Chef’ Kitchen?

Upping the stakes
This week’s “Top Chef: Las Vegas” really increased the intensity — and I, for one, ate it up. The five remaining chefs were clearly the best, the cream of the crop. Still, I thought the judges made the right decision at elimination time. Even though I was not [...]

A protein inside a protein inside a protein, like this turducken, is called a ballotine.

Umami Foods Bring More Deliciousness to Life

It’s about time for umami
Thanks to the popularity of “Iron Chef,” which blazed the trail for all kinds of competitive cooking shows, people are finally learning about umami foods. Then again, maybe they’re just learning it from the soy sauce commercials and payday loan companies.
Regardless of how or why, umami [...]

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Getting Excited for ‘Top Chef’ and ‘Project Runway’

The shows must go on
“Project Runway” season six, its first season airing on Lifetime rather than Bravo, is nearing its end. The finale airs Thursday, and we will find out whether Althea, Irina or Carol Hannah will win the prize money and all of the other perks.
Wednesday’s “Top Chef: Las [...]

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It’s Veterans Day and ‘Glee’ is Back!
Loyal Wednesday night TV watchers have  had to endure some disappointment lately. “Glee” has not aired on Fox for two weeks because of some baseball tournament thingy between some dudes who are named after a racial slur for white people and some dudes named [...]

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‘Top Chef’ Season 6, Episode 9 | Restaurant Wars!

The moment we’ve all been waiting for
One of my “Top Chef” watching buddies had a great idea last night while we were watching “Top Chef” season 6, episode 9. “They should make restaurant wars into its own show,” he said.
I couldn’t agree more. Padma knew what she was talking about [...]

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‘Top Chef’ Season 6 Episode 7 | Tune In Next Week

No ‘Top Chef’ season 6 episode 7
Well, it’s nice to see that I am not the only person who was, ahem, annoyed last night when I tuned in to Bravo for “Top Chef” season 6 episode 7. Instead of a fresh, new show featuring the chefs I have started to [...]

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Top Chef Double Whammy Tonight on Bravo

Bravo pulls out all the chefs
A “Top Chef” premiere and finale in the same night?! It sounds too good to be true to fans of Bravo’s biggest moneymaker, “Top Chef,” but I triple checked the facts, and it’s true! Tonight at 9 p.m. the new season of “Top Chef” begins.
Then, [...]

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Gilroy Garlic Festival Features Past ‘Top Chef’ Contestants

Top Chefs attend Gilroy Garlic Festival
If you want to attend the Gilroy Garlic Festival in Gilroy, Calif., it’ll cost you $12 per day. However, big fan’s of former flamboyant Top Chef contestant Fabio Viviani would probably pay a lot more than that for a chance to meet the spicy Italian.
Jamie [...]

Want to meet Fabio Viviani? He's at the Gilroy Garlic Festival!

Lori Silverbush and Tom Colicchio About to Have One Wealthy Baby

Filmmaker Lori Silverbush about to be a mom
Most people with cable know who Tom Colicchio is or would at least recognize him as the head judge on Top Chef. Turns out he and his wife Lori Silverbush are expecting a baby.
Word on the web is that the baby is a [...]

Lori Silverbush and Tom Colicchio were married in 2001.