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Top Chef All Stars: How NOT to Host a Dinner Party

Top Chef Las Vegas took a break this week, but we got to see a few all stars from past seasons reunite for a dinner party. With fan-favorite Fabio Viviani as the evening's host, there was plenty of dr...

Top Chef Las Vegas: Hold The Meat, Please

TV dinners! Natalie Portman! Vegetables! This week's episode of Top Chef brought us another movie star vegetarian challenge and some interesting interpretations of what constitutes a "protein." Note...

Top Chef Las Vegas: Restaurant Wars!

The always exciting Restaurant Wars episode took on a few new twists in this episode, not the least of which was a focus on sustainable seafood. Note: We reveal the winner and losers below ......

Top Chef Las Vegas: Of Pigs and Pinot

We love a good pairing, so this week's episode was right up our alley. The challenges featured both high- and low-end combinations, both good and bad. Note: We reveal the winner and losers below ......

Top Chef Las Vegas: Like No Dinner Party We've Ever Had

We felt right at home watching last night's episode of Top Chef. First, they highlighted a website we've mentioned several times before. Then, they highlighted our favorite subject matter of all: home...

Top Chef Las Vegas: Angels and Devils

There was no shortage of personalities on this week's episode of Top Chef with guests Penn and Teller and Michelle Bernstein, and the return of judge Toby Young. Note: We reveal the winner and loser...

Top Chef Las Vegas: Foam on the Range

The cheftestants were roughing it this week as they headed out to the desert to cook a high-end meal. As you might expect, not everything went smoothly. Note: We reveal the winner and losers below .....

Top Chef Las Vegas: All Things French

This week's episode was all about French food and notable French chefs. There were some impressive mouths to feed, but not everyone was up to the challenge. Note: We reveal the winner and losers belo...

Top Chef Las Vegas: The Best of Plates, The Worst of Plates

How do you cook a meal for 300 with no stovetops and a lot of canned ingredients? For a military cook, it's just another day in the kitchen but it put the Top Chef contestants to the test. Read on to ...

Top Chef Las Vegas: A Shot At Love With Tequila

Todd English stopped by to guest judge in week two of Top Chef Las Vegas. If this episode proved anything, it's that this season will likely be just as cheesy as we expected – the craps table, the b...

Top Chef Las Vegas: Premieres Tonight!

Top Chef fans: At last, the wait is nearly over. Top Chef Las Vegas premieres tonight on Bravo. Read our thoughts on the upcoming season and share your reaction to tonight’s episode below. ...

Top Chef New York New Orleans: And the Winner Is...

For the sake of those of you who have this little television nugget on TiVo and plan to save it for the weekend, we'll keep the answer below the jump. For those of you who have some things to discuss ...

Top Chef Finale: Who Will Win?

Well, we've recovered from our Mardi Gras hangover, and we're all set for tonight's finale of Top Chef in New Orleans. From what we've read, it's close. We're hooting for Carla, but we have a feel...

Top Chef New York New Orleans: Finale, Part 1

The final four have moved down to New Orleans for the finale (Hello, Emeril!), and we would have eaten just about anything that came out of the kitchen in last night's episode. Beignets, check. Gri...

Top Chef New York: What Would Your Last Meal Be?

Ours would not be squab, we'll tell you that. But squab and peas is what Jacques Pépin would want for his last meal, so that's what Carla cooked. Lydia Bastianich asked for roast chicken. Wylie...

Top Chef New York: Of Eel and Eric Ripert

Have you ever seen someone skin an eel? It's fascinating. Last night's episode of Top Chef was on par with the standards we expect: a high-stakes test of skills, no cheap sponsor challenges, and a ...

Top Chef New York: Super Bowl Showdown

We're going to try to resist all of the football puns swimming around in our minds right now and just tell you that we thought last night's Top Chef was fun. And we actually learned a few things ab...

Top Chef New York: Restaurant Wars!

We're quite sad this morning over the outcome of last night's Top Chef. It was the Restaurant Wars episode, which we thought went abnormally well compared to other seasons. (Maybe we're biased towa...

Top Chef New York: E-I-E-I-O (and Really Good Chicken)

Given the snow coming down outside our window here in New York, the setting of last night's episode of Top Chef—the sunny landscape of Dan Barber's Stone Barns—was almost cruel. It was sort of ...

Top Chef New York: Pop, Pop, Fizz, Fizzle

While we took a break from Top Chef over the holidays, we had several people tell us how bored they are with this season. At first we fought back, if only because we sort of love seeing Ariane win ...

Top Chef New York: And a Martha in a Pear Tree

On last night's Top Chef, we got Martha Stewart, Natasha Richardson, the Harlem Gospel Choir, and dishes inspired by the 12 Days of Christmas. It was dizzying (these one hour and 15 minute episodes...

Top Chef New York: Make-Your-Own Sushi at a Bridal Shower?

No, no, no Gene. No thumbs up. You served deconstructed surf-and-turf sushi at Gail Simmons's bridal shower, then neglected to tell the guests how to eat it. We won't reveal here whether or not Gen...

Top Chef New York: Lights, Camera, Kathie Lee Gifford

Seeing as last Thursday was Thanksgiving, we didn't post our usual recap of Top Chef. But we're back with our thoughts on last night's episode, which had us getting pretty philosophical about the b...

Top Chef New York: Hot Dogs and Angry Chefs

Last night on Top Chef, the contestants had to make a hot dog that stood up against New York's finest and then serve lunch at Tom Colicchio's restaurant, Craft. The diners were all rejected applica...

Top Chef New York: Ethnic Foods Galore

We're a little late to the after-party with our Top Chef recap (we're blaming a DVR on the fritz), but we were inspired and excited by this episode. It looks like a good season. Note: We reveal th...