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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...

Top Chef Stephanie Izard Talks to The Kitchn

The new season of Top Chef, set in New York City, premieres tonight, but it really doesn't seem that long ago when Stephanie Izard won in Puerto Rico, becoming the first female Top Chef. We loved Step...

Top Chef: The Computer Game

Top Chef: New York premiers tomorrow night, and Top Chef: The Game is in stores today. We've been playing around with this new computer game in anticipation of the new season. Read on for our first im...

Top Chef Comes to New York City!

It doesn't seem that long ago that Stephanie Izard won Top Chef Chicago, but Bravo is already gearing up for Season 5 in our own food-loving city of New York. The show starts November 12, but the ch...

NYC Event: Cook with These Top Chef Contestants!

So, you love to cook, and you're a little starstruck, too... The Culinary Institute of America has just the activity for you. Capitalizing on the popularity of Top Chef, the CIA at Astor Cen...

Top Chef-Inspired Recipe: Asparagus, Goat Cheese and Orange Pizza

Top Chef Chicago was our favorite season yet (OK, we're a little biased here in the Windy City). In fact, even one of the losing dishes inspired us. Remember episode 7, the Second City improv challe...

Top Chef Chicago Puerto Rico Finale: And the Winner Is...

Don't worry, we won't spill the beans on the front page. Click below to discuss......

Top Chef Poll: Who Will Win?

The finale of Top Chef Chicago is tonight. You know what that means... Someone is going home with a hefty supply of Gladware. Who's your pick?...

Top Chef Finale Menu: From Chicago to Puerto Rico

We can hardly wait for tomorrow’s Top Chef Chicago finale episode, and as serious fans of the show, we think it deserves a proper send-off. And by that we mean food, of course. Below, we’ve put...

Top Chef Chicago Puerto Rico: Finale, Part 1

Bienvenidos a Puerto Rico! We hope you like pork and controversy, because that's what we've got on the menu today. Read on to see who was kicked off the island......

Next Food Network Star Begins Again This Sunday

Incoming! Another food reality show ... The Next Food Network Star starts on Sunday night. Adam Roberts, The Amateur Gourmet, interviewed each contestant here. Any early favorites?...

Top Chef Chicago: It's Down to the Final Four...

Not being huge red meat eaters, this is a lot of beef to be looking at so early in the morning. But from butchering to cooking, this episode was all about the cow. And yet for once during judges' ta...

Top Chef Chicago: Restaurant Wars!

Sometimes, in war, the mighty fall... We're skipping right to the next page to discuss the winner and, more importantly, the surprising loser. Come!...

Top Chef Chicago: Do You Like Burritos?

Oh, the Richard Blais charm got annoying all right. He asked every Chicago police officer who came by his lunch table, "Question of the day. Do you like burritos?" But at least he wasn't bickering o...

Top Chef Chicago: Stephanie Redeems Herself with a Wedding Cake!

No restaurant wars this season... Instead, we got wedding wars. Two teams, assigned to the bride or groom, created menus — and cakes! — for the actual reception. And Stephanie turned out a stunne...

Top Chef Chicago: We Stand Corrected

Well, we're not above eating a little crow. A few chefs we'd dismissed earlier in the competition completely hit the mark this week. Maybe the producers are toying with our emotions and creating ups ...

Speaking of Top Chef... Casting is On for Season 5

In case you haven't already heard, Bravo is casting for the next season of Top Chef. They've already had casting calls in New Orleans and San Francisco... Remaining cities below the jump....

Top Chef Chicago: Fill Us In!

We were traveling last night when Top Chef aired (ending up in a Tivo-less hotel), so we've only read the recaps of what happened. Dessert, the lonely step-child of the Top Chef world, finally had it...

Top Chef Chicago: Were You Surprised?

Since the elimination challenge centered around tailgating at a Bears game, we'll go with some football terminology to describe our reaction... Quarterback sneak? Blitzed? It came out of left field? ...

Top Chef Chicago: Blind Tastings and... Bacon!

Every year, Top Chef does a Quickfire challenge where they blindfold the chefs and have them identify or distinguish between ingredients. We love it, we wait for it, and we occasionally dream of havi...

Top Chef Chicago: Grab Your Popcorn (or Tapioca "Caviar")... It's Movie Night!

MARK (right): OK, Ryan, so we're creating a dish based on one of our favorite movies. I'm thinking... RYAN: Dumb and Dumber, right? MARK: Er.... RYAN: Old School! MARK: Huh? What about Bad Boy Bub...

Top Chef Chicago: Episode 3...What's in Your Pantry?

We think the good folks at Bravo might be reading our minds. Just when we are enjoying some great kitchen tours and thinking it's time to bring back the cupboard challenge, Top Chef sends its contesta...

Top Chef Chicago: Episode 2

Watching Top Chef last night, we were reminded that you can't judge a book by its cover. Or its language. Andrew, the contestant who seemed like a freewheeling time bomb during Episode 1, actually tur...

Top Chef Chicago: What Did You Think?

OK, here's what we learned last night while watching the first episode of Top Chef Chicago: The contestants are still cocky, faux hawks are apparently still a popular hair style, and Bravo is not afra...

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