Top Chef

Top Chef New York, Episode 8 Liveblog

Colin Sterling | Posted 02.14.2009 | Entertainment


Colin Sterling

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.

Why Top Chef Isn't Genius, or Let's All Sing With the Choir

Mark Blankenship | Posted 01.18.2009 | Entertainment


Mark Blankenship

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.

'Top Chef' Judge Tom Colicchio Accused Of Cheating Workers

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...

Top Chef's Sam Talbot Ties The Knot

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...

Top Chef New York -- Episode 5 Liveblog and Recap

Colin Sterling | Posted 01.10.2009 | Entertainment


Colin Sterling

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.

Top Chef's Stephanie Izard on The Interview Show

Mark Bazer | Posted 12.18.2008 | Entertainment


Mark Bazer

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.

"Top Chef" Ratings: 2.7 Million Watch For New All-Time High

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...

Am I Slowly Giving Myself a Heart Attack?

Leslie Goldman | Posted 12.12.2008 | Living


Leslie Goldman

Our gender may not believe we're as vulnerable as our male counterparts, but we account for nearly half of all heart attack deaths.

Top Chef Izard Wants Picture Removed From Republican Ad

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...

Boulud and Keller: What it Takes for American Chefs to Compete in France

Flora Lazar | Posted 10.31.2008 | Chicago


Flora Lazar

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.

Another Chicago Top Chef?

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 ...

Top Chef Chicago Love Fest

Flora Lazar | Posted 10.04.2008 | Chicago


Flora Lazar

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.

A Chicagoan Takes on Pastry Olympics

Flora Lazar | Posted 09.29.2008 | Chicago


Flora Lazar

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.

You Can't Nosh On Nostalgia

Michael Nagrant | Posted 09.15.2008 | Chicago


Michael Nagrant

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.

"Top Chef" Season Finale Rocks Cable Ratings

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...

"Top Chef" Picks First Female Winner

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...

Top Chef: Better Late than Never, Right?

Jane McGivney | Posted 06.07.2008 | Entertainment


Jane McGivney

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."

Reality Shows Get Budgets Cut

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...

Bravo Expands Brand Beyond TV, Launching "Top Chef Cruise"

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...

"Top Chef" Contestant Beaten In Anti-Gay Attack

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...