Top Chef New York, Episode 8 Liveblog
After losing Eugene and Melissa last week, the crew made it's way to Dan Barber's Blue Hill farm for a family-style seasonal lunch competition, and, well, some wrongs were righted.
After losing Eugene and Melissa last week, the crew made it's way to Dan Barber's Blue Hill farm for a family-style seasonal lunch competition, and, well, some wrongs were righted.
Mark Blankenship | Posted 01.18.2009 | Entertainment
In a nutshell, Top Chef needs to get over itself. It's so stone-faced you'd think entire nations were going to rise on fall based on the freshness of a scallop.
New York Daily News | Posted 01.13.2009 | Entertainment
"Top Chef" judge Tom Colicchio has become the latest celebrity restaurateur to land in hot water. Former employee Nessa Rapone of Brooklyn sued Colic...
People | Posted 01.12.2009 | Entertainment
Sam Talbot, the heartthrob finalist from Top Chef's second season, is officially off the market. The chef and his fiancee, Paola Guerrero, got marr...
Colin Sterling | Posted 01.10.2009 | Entertainment
This is no joke this challenge. And they have to work in teams of four, and they've been around long enough now to hate each other.
Mark Bazer | Posted 12.18.2008 | Entertainment
Top Chef winner Stephanie Izard recently appeared on a talk show I host in Chicago at the Hideout called The Interview Show. Here is video of the interview.
Hollywood Reporter | James Hibberd | Posted 12.14.2008 | Media
Bravo's "Top Chef" continued it streak of record-breaking premieres Wednesday night; the fifth season debut setting a new all-time high. The New Yo...
Leslie Goldman | Posted 12.12.2008 | Living
Our gender may not believe we're as vulnerable as our male counterparts, but we account for nearly half of all heart attack deaths.
Posted 11.06.2008 | Chicago
Chicago chef Stephanie Izard asked Republican Cook County Board member and state's attorney candidate Tony Peraica to stop using the Top Chef winner's...
Flora Lazar | Posted 10.31.2008 | Chicago
Americans have never even cracked the top ten in the Bocuse d'Or despite the increased quality of high-end American gastronomy and the numerous accolades received by the country's leading chefs. It's an anomaly Daniel Boulud and Thomas Keller have been working furiously to eliminate.
The Stew | Joe Gray | Posted 10.12.2008 | Chicago
Eater.com, a NY-based site on restaurants and the bar scene, reports that Radhika Desai, executive chef of Between Boutique Cafe and Lounge in Wicker ...
Flora Lazar | Posted 10.04.2008 | Chicago
Just when it began to look as if cable television's top rated food show had vanished from the streets of Chicago, Top Chef is wheeling a 48-foot semi-trailer with a full kitchen to the city that hosted its fourth and most recent season.
Flora Lazar | Posted 09.29.2008 | Chicago
By any standard, Dimitri Fayard has a grueling schedule. But add to it training for the year's most prestigious international pastry competition and you get a sense of this French-born Chicagoan's determination.
Michael Nagrant | Posted 09.15.2008 | Chicago
In the last year, national magazines have lauded Lou Mitchell's and Margie's Candies as the best breakfast and ice cream spots in Chicago. If anyone saw the Top Chef episode where they showed the disgusting curdled egg white laden poaching liquid in the kitchen at Mitchell's, I don't think they'd agree.
Hollywood Reporter | Posted 06.21.2008 | Media
The Season 4 finale of Bravo's "Top Chef" on Wednesday drew 3.5 million total viewers and 2.5 million adults 18-49 to become the most-watched cable te...
AP | ADAM GOLDMAN | Posted 06.20.2008 | Entertainment
NEW YORK — It took four seasons, but a woman finally took the top spot on Bravo's "Top Chef." Stephanie Izard, a 31-year-old, mild-mannered che...
Jane McGivney | Posted 06.07.2008 | Entertainment
Spike The Butcher goes for Tomahawk steaks & frozen scallops. Frozen scallops! Ack! This is not good! Lisa says, "Initially I wanted scallops, but they're.....frozen."
Reuters | Posted 06.05.2008 | Entertainment
Now you know networks are hurting: Reality-show budgets are being cut. Long considered the cheapest of programming genres, reality programs increasin...
Broadcasting & Cable | Anne Becker | Posted 05.13.2008 | Media
Bravo Media is striking new partnerships to sell everything from cruises to cookbooks tied to its shows, in an effort to take its brand name beyond te...
AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment
A Miami woman who was a former contestant on the reality show "Top Chef" was beaten by attackers yelling anti-gay slurs, her lawyer said Tuesday. Jos...
Colin Sterling | Posted 02.14.2009 | Entertainment