Entries tagged with 'Top Chef'
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[Photograph: bravotv.com] Tonight at 10 p.m. ET, come join us as we watch one of the final episodes of Top Chef Las Vegas. Only five cheftestants are left and chef god Thomas Keller is stopping by to guest judge. For the Quickfire they'll have to make a ballotine, or a protein within a protein within a protein. Michael Voltaggio is sous-viding bacon inside chicken inside turkey. Sweet, sweet meat. Jump in the comment thread as this episode unfolds....
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[Photographs: bravotv.com] Tonight at 10 p.m. ET, come join us as we watch the eleventh episode of Top Chef Las Vegas, where cheftestants will have to whip out breakfast in bed for a bathrobe-clad Padma and guest judge Nigella Lawson. For the elimination challenge, the chefs will concoct Vegas casino-themed dishes. Michael Voltaggio gets New York New York and his brother Bryan gets Mandalay Bay (and feels especially inspired by their shark reef exhibit, yikes). Jump in the comment thread as this episode unfolds....
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Do you fancy yourself a charming, camera-happy, good cook? Well then Bravo wants to meet you. To apply for Top Chef's seventh season, click here [pdf]. The application deadline is December 4. Send in your forms and video or bring them to one of the open casting calls coming up. You still have time to make it to Dallas, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, or Portland....
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Tonight at 10 p.m. ET, come join us as we watch a special episode of Top Chef, where blast-from-the-past cheftestants from seasons one through five return, coming together like one big happy family. Not! Old rivals like Ilan and Marcel (season two) look about ready to smack each other and Casey and Carla (season five) confront their "issues." At one point, Fabio (season five) insists that the cameras get turned off. Spicy stuff. Jump into the comment thread as the episode unfolds....
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All of these costumes are cheap, pretty throw-it-togetherable, and will make other people around you hungry. 1. Food Mascots From left: Sun Maid Raisin girl, Morton Salt Girl, Jolly Green Giant, and the Chiquita Banana lady. [Photograph: Tressa Eaton] Sun Maid Raisin Girl: A bonnet, white blouse, head scarf, and basket full of grapes. (Bonus points for sunshine rays emanating from your body) Morton Salt Girl: Wear a yellow dress (preferably with a huge bow) and hold an umbrella. (Fun fact: that would be our own Serious Green columnist Tressa Eaton in the photo!) Jolly Green Giant: Green shirt, green leaf-bearing toga, and green headband. Act jolly. Chiquita Banana Lady: A woven hat full of fruits piled on top, big...
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Kevin Gillespie and Yukon Cornelius, separated at birth? [Photograph: totallylookslike.com] Tonight at 10 p.m. ET, come join us as we watch the tenth episode of Top Chef Las Vegas where cheftestants (including Kevin, or should we say Yukon?) make TV dinners inspired by shows like Gilligan's Island and The Sopranos. Also, Padma will have to step aside as the token hot chick because Natalie Portman is swinging by. "I love food, I love eating, I'm pretty adventurous with different foods and cuisines, the one thing is..." (Ominous music plays.) Um, she's vegan. (Louder ominous music plays.) Watch a clip, after the jump....
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[bravotv.com] Tonight at 10 p.m. ET, come join us as we watch the ninth episode of Top Chef Las Vegas, where Bryan Voltaggio has anger issues with cheese puffs and the cheftestants get a surprise house guest (hint: it's a reptile, not a celebrity chef). Jump in the comment thread as this fascinating-sounding episode unfolds....
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[bravotv.com] Tonight at 10 p.m. ET, come join us as we watch the seventh episode of Top Chef Las Vegas. The cheftestants are at the mercy of the slots to determine their Quickfire ingredients. And for the elimination challenge, Mike is frustrated when he gets paired with the increasingly unpopular Robin to throw an elegant dinner party. Jump in the comment thread as the episode unfolds....
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An anonymous "low level crew member" of Top Chef season five decided to come forward on Reddit.com and answer questions about the show. "I can't tell you anything that I think Magical Elves might sue me for...but I'll try to be as specific as I can." A few good nuggets: On Padma: She wasn't dumb, but she was a major diva who expected preferential treatment and complained about things the other judges didn't care about. She got along better with Gail than she did with Tom—she and Tom were like cats and dogs On editing the contestant interviews: They do interviews after someone gets eliminated. People keep tabs on what they wore during different segments, so that they can...
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Padma Lakshmi, host of Top Chef, is pregnant in what her doctor is calling a "medical miracle"—Lakshmi, 39, suffers from endometriosis, "a medical condition in which the uterus' lining grows in other areas of the body, causing pain, irregular bleeding and possible infertility."...
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