Top Chef 4: Are You In Or Out?

2008_02_26_padma_tom_top chef.gif Season Four of Bravo's Top Chef kicks off on March 10. Have you had enough food reality TV or are you up for another round?

Catch our first look at this season's contestants and a peek at last year's winner after the jump ...

This year, Padma and Tom will run the show from Chicago. We checked out the lineup of Top Chef wannabes and sighed to see another contestant with spikey hair (Stephen, meet Richard), another guy into molecular gastronomy, and many contestants with ties to New York City.

Do you think the cast could be a bit more diverse? Do you have any early favorites to win this year?

Also, Kitchn tipster Carol wrote in to tell us: "Tre Wilcox of Top Chef Season 3 was on the Iron Chef competition between Kent & Kevin Rathbun and Bobby Flay. He was the Rathbun brothers' sous chef. And they won! Vindication for Tre at last!" Anyone else catch Tre on Food Network?

And what's up with Hung, winner of Top Chef Season 3? He's cooking this month at Solo in New York City.

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Jen Biesty is going to kick ass.

posted by art on February 26th 2008 at 8:27am
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Richard is none other than Richard Blais of Atlanta's One Midtown Kitchen, and the now-defunct Element. He's brilliant and I'm more than a little shocked that he's doing Top Chef as he's already been named one of the Top 10 Best New Chef's from Food and Wine (2003 maybe?) as well as having a stellar rep.

posted by foodporncess on February 26th 2008 at 10:44am
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Love Top Chef :) Yay.

posted by alyssazor on February 26th 2008 at 2:22pm
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