
Yesterday I spoke to Jill Snyder, the latest cheftestant to pack her knives and leave
Top Chef. Jill's a chef in Baltimore, MD, where she enjoys making desserts and crab cakes. She wishes she would have defended her dish better, but claims that with the cameras staring at her, she choked up.

Hot dogs and ostrich eggs were important ingredients on last night's episode of
Top Chef. Things heated up in the kitchen of
Tom Colicchio's
Craft as the cheftestants had to make "new-American" cuisine. To discuss the episode (warning: spoilers ahead), read more.

Yesterday I spoke with Lauren, the first contestant to pack up her knives on the fifth season of
Top Chef. The confident, young pastry chef was emotional when she spoke of her deployed husband and opinionated as she discussed the difference between the food and film industries. To find out what she had to say about
Padma, read more.

Season 5 of
Top Chef is off to an exciting start! While we already
discussed the gory details, I want to see how well you were paying attention. With 17 chefs it was hard for me to distinguish one from the other!

Get Last Night's Top Chef Style In her last look of the episode, Padma Lakshmi wore a very elegant two-piece look to the elimination challenge. Here, she paired a high-waisted black skirt with a yellow flutter-sleeved silk top (shop a similar piece from Norma Kamali), with just a simple black tank and slingbacks to complete her outfit. Shop it all now.