Top Chef [1] fans, set your TiVos! Next Thursday, Dec. 6, Bravo is airing the Top Chef Holiday Special [2] where a handful of TC fan favorites prepare a holiday meal for our beloved judges.

The episode will feature Stephen Aspirinio and Tiffani Faison from Season One; Betty Fraser, Marcel Vigneron, and Josie Smith-Malave from Season Two; and Chris "CJ" Jacobson, Tre Wilcox, and Sandee Birdsong from Season Three. I understand how many of these folks are fan favorites, but I have to say, I'm a bit surprised by Sandee; maybe it was her fiesty ways in the Watch What Happens [3] special?

No word on what the actual challenge is, but the episode will have the chefs going head-to-head knife-to-knife for a grand prize of $20,000. They'll be judged by the usual suspects — Padma Lakshmi, Tom Colicchio, Ted Allen, and Gail Simmons — who will also have input from culinary heavyweights Alfred Portale (chef of Gotham Bar and Grill [4]), Eric Ripert (executive chef of Le Bernardin [5]), Alan Wong [6], Elizabeth Falkner (executive pastry chef and owner of Citizen Cake [7]) and Norman Van Aken [8].

I don't know about you guys, but I've already got my TiVo set.

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