There's a bunch of Top Chef [0] related news going on right now - timed to go with the new season I'm sure - so I thought I'd just save some time and post them all at once, here we go!

• First of all, Top Chef Season 1 winner, Harold Dieterle, opened up his restaurant Perilla [1] this weekend. His grand opening is tonight - I want to try the Okinawa Yam Dumplings and Spicy Duck Meatballs...
• Good ol' Padma (TC host) is heating things up in the current issue of Maxim magazine [2].
• Don't forget, you can chat with Marcel (TC 2) Vigneron [3] tonight at 7pm PT.
• Remember how I said to set your tivos on June 13 [3]? Well, you better make that June 6. Bravo has a mystery Episode 300 [4], entitled "4 Star All Star" - the first number usually means the season number so what does this sneaky 4 star all star title mean?



• Bravo's launching a new site called TopChefOnline.com [5] - they're hoping it will be a year-round destination for TC fans [6]. It will also contain a web show called "Miami Spice" featuring Elia Aboumrad (TC2).
• And finally (for now), several of our fave TC faces - Judge Tom Collichio, host Padma Lakshmi, former host Katie Lee Joel, TC 2 winner Ilan Hall and guest judge Ted Allen) - were out last night at the Bon Appetit Magazine & James Beard Foundation's Chef's Night Out. I always wonder if Katie & Padma talk to one another...

Source: They Cook. We Dish. [7]
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