What's Been Your Favorite Top Chef Season So Far?


Updated 12/27/11 12:55 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

Best Top Chef Season

Between Top Chef All-Stars and Top Chef Texas, it's sure has been a busy year for Bravo. (That doesn't even include the network's spin-offs, like Top Chef Masters and Top Chef Just Desserts.) After more than half a dozen seasons under its belt, the Emmy Award-winning show decided 2011 was the year to mix things up a bit. First came an exciting twist to the show with an all-star cast that brought Read more

Take a Look at the Toques Lined Up For Top Chef: Texas


Updated 09/21/11 11:42 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Top Chef: Texas Contestant List

Bravo's just released the list of contestants for season nine of Top Chef, which premieres Nov. 2, and the network's switching things up a bit. Instead of one series location, this season will be shot between three cities, Austin, Dallas, and San Antonio, and there's a list of 29 hopefuls, which will be whittled down to 16 real cheftestants. Charlize Theron, Pee-wee Herman, Patti LaBelle, Cat Read more

Top Chef Healthy Showdown: A Gimmick Worth Watching?


Updated 09/16/11 5:20 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Bravo's New Top Chef Healthy Showdown Web Series

The Top Chef empire just keeps on multiplying. The latest addition to the franchise? The ConAgra-backed Top Chef Healthy Showdown, a weekly, cobranded web series filled with quickfires and elimination challenges using only healthy ingredients. On the so-called show, four contestants — Sara Nguyen of season three, season four's Ryan Scott, and Casey Thompson and Tre Wilcox of season 3 and Top Read more

Bravo Confirms: Top Chef 9 Will Be in Texas


Updated 08/12/11 2:40 PM · Posted by · 3 comments

Top Chef 9 Will Be in Texas

We've been wondering for some time: how will Bravo top last season's Top Chef All-Stars? The answer, we're assuming, lies in the location. After more than a month of speculation in the blogosphere, the folks at Bravo have finally confirmed that Top Chef is headed to Texas. According to the announcement, the season will take place in "not one, but three cities — Austin, Dallas, and San Read more

More Details on Top Chef Just Desserts Season 2


Updated 07/20/11 4:45 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

Top Chef Just Desserts Season 2 Airs Aug. 24, 2011

Gail Simmons revealed to us that the second season of Top Chef Just Desserts would air before the end of the year, and now Bravo's finally unveiling more details. The latest season of the Top Chef spinoff will premiere Aug. 24 at 10 p.m. on Bravo. It'll be led by the usual suspects — Gail Simmons as host, Johnny Iuzzini as head judge, with Hubert Keller and Dannielle Kyrillos as regular judges Read more

Gail Simmons on Season 2 of Top Chef Just Desserts


Updated 06/24/11 4:39 AM · Posted by YumSugar · 1 comment

Top Chef Just Desserts Season 2 Details

Top Chef Just Desserts is back and better than ever: just ask the show's returning host, Gail Simmons. Simmons talked shop about the Bravo show's second season, not confirming an air date but hinting that "the second season will air before the end of the year." Will season two have the same frenzied, diva- and drama-filled cast of characters that the first season had? "The chefs, the pastry chefs Read more

You're Invited to Rocco's Dinner Party


Updated 04/13/11 3:22 PM · Posted by · 1 comment

Preview of Rocco's Dinner Party

When the Food Network debuted Chopped in January 2009, many people in the culinary world wondered if it was a cheap imitation of Bravo's Top Chef. Now, with the premiere date of Rocco's Dinner Party set to air June 15 on Bravo, it seems like things have come full circle. In each episode, Rocco DiSpirito hosts a dinner party in which three chefs are asked to cook. Only two advance to the next Read more

Let's Dish: What Did You Think of Last Night's Top Chefs?


Updated 04/13/11 11:06 AM · Posted by · 3 comments

Viewers Thoughts on Top Chef All-Stars Reunion and Top Chef Masters Premiere

Bravo had a big night with Top Chef last evening. The reunion show of All-Stars was packed with fun videos, hysterical moments, and even a showdown with Tom and Elia! Then, afterward was the season premiere of the revamped Masters, which the majority of you were planning on watching. It was pretty exciting: the cheftestants were surprised with Restaurant Wars in the first episode! The quickfire Read more

Will You Watch Top Chef Masters Season 3?


Updated 04/07/11 7:08 PM · Posted by · 3 comments

Will You Watch Top Chef Masters Season 3?

Tonight after the reunion episode of All-Stars, the third season of Top Chef Masters debuts on Bravo. It's got a new host, different judges, and an interesting cast of chefs, so it promises to be unlike the previous two rounds. Are you planning on watching it? Photo courtesy of Bravo Will You Watch Top Chef Masters Season 3? Yes I'm going to check out the first episode before I Read more

Fabio Viviani on the Top Chef All-Stars Season Finale


Updated 03/31/11 11:52 PM · Posted by Guest Writer · 4 comments

Fabio Viviani Recaps Top Chef All-Stars Season Finale

Who better to cover the last episode of Top Chef All-Stars than former cheftestant (and contender from this season!) Fabio Viviani? Chef, take it away! It's over!! I mean almost. The finale is here in the sunny Bahamas, I'd rather today to go water-skiing than get picked and help my two brothers (hey, at the end they ARE from a different mother), but I'll do my fair share and talk them into NOT Read more