Reality Competition Shows

Trashy and Fabulous

Give Us Some Mohr

Palm Beach's Lindsay Autry Gets Booted Off Top Chef: Texas

​Before Top Chef: Texas, Lindsay Autry was best-known for her duties as executive chef of Michelle Bernstein's at the Omphoy in Palm Beach.Being the protégé of Bernstein and executive chef at one of her restaurants (since then, Bernstein has left the Omphoy) is an amazing feat for anyone at the ... More >>

Top Chef: Mutherf**king Snakes on Some Mutherf**king Plates

Snakes on a mutherf**king plate. Tonight on Top Chef.​Can we love Padma Lakshmi more than we do today? It seems mutherf**king unlikely. We just got wind of the totally awesome preview for tonight's episode of Top Chef. With the cheftestants finally chosen after two throwaway episodes, the fun beg ... More >>

Top Chef Texas: Padma, Pee-wee, and the Alamo (Video)

​Top Chef season nine is coming to Bravo, and this time, we're in for beef, beef, beef as the cheftestants battle their way through the Lone Star State. Top Chef Texas promises to be more than "big hat, no cattle," from the look of the promo, in which we're promised 29 (!!!) cheftestants, Padma i ... More >>

Anthony Bourdain, Tom Colicchio to Guest on The Simpsons

Matt Selman, via TwitterAnthony Bourdain is making an appearance on The Simpsons​Who would have guessed that Springfield would become a foodie destination? The Simpsons' 23rd season will see both snarkmaster extraordinaire Anthony Bourdain and Top Chef head judge Tom Colicchio make guest appearanc ... More >>

Bravo's New Cooking Show Around The World in 80 Plates

NBC Universal Padma Lakshmi's not set to host Bravo's new show - we just like to look at her in lingere​For those of you not satisfied with Bravo's selection of food shows, of which Top Chef, Top Chef Masters, Top Chef Just Desserts and Rocco's Dinner Party comes to mind, the people at the ... More >>

Food Network's Extreme Chef: Like Top Chef With Snakes (Video)

Food Network Extreme Chef: Like Top Chef, but with poisonous snakes!​Although we love Top Chef here at Clean Plate Charlie, sometimes we can't help wondering if maybe the show would be a little bit better if the cheftestants had to, say, catch their own poisonous water moccasin and cook it ... More >>

Top Chef Masters Recap: Better Than A Mess Hall

NBC Universal ​Last week my favorite cheftestant, Hugh, was sent packing for his mayo as science project (which is ironic because I always thought of mayo as more "weird science" than condiment). That leaves Mary Sue, Floyd, Traci and Naomi to duke it out for spots in next week's finale. Q ... More >>

Top Chef's Padma Lakshmi Gets a Dance Remix

Top Chef's Padma Lakshmi's Remix - we dare you to not dance!​When we first saw this video, mixed by Bravo for Top Chef's hot host Padma Lakshmi, we knew we had to share it with our readers - if only to try to get the tune out of our heads by passing it on to someone else.  Entitled "Pa ... More >>

Top Chef Tour Coming to Fort Lauderdale, Miami

The Top Chef Tour is coming to South Florida​Top Chef, the reality cooking competition that turned the likes of Fabio Viviani, Carla Hall, Spike Mendelsohn and Brian Voltaggio into celebrities, is a weekly guilty pleasure for most of us. Sure, we can eat in the cheftestants' restaurants (a ... More >>

Top Chef Masters Recap: Gael Greene Slept With Elvis (And a Proposal)

Gael Green always with hat, even when hot.​The cheftestants walk into the kitchen and see headphones, a blindfold, and a nose plug. This could only mean one thing - a late night of partying with the cast of The Real Housewives of New Jersey. (wait - it's not?) OK, then the blindfold means t ... More >>

Top Chef Masters Recap: Heaven & Rock & Roll RV Hell

​The cheftestants walk into the kitchen to see Curtis and gourmet ingredients. Curtis says these ingredients are heavenly..... Quickfire Challenge The table is full of heavenly ingredients like foie gras, scallops, prime beef and nary a bug or canned good is in sight. The catch? Remember th ... More >>

Top Chef Masters Recap: The Biggest Loser Challenge

​The cheftestants walk in and find a bunch of cheeses with hottie Curtis Stone. Quickfire Challenge Make a masterful cheese dish. The guest diner is a cheese connoisseur to be named. Hmmm..wonder if it's Mickey Mouse (I mean Elmo was a judge on a recent Top Chef All-Stars Quickfire). ... More >>

Top Chef Masters Recap: Gettin' Squirmy With It

NBC/Universal​Bravo's Top Chef has (mostly) been a beacon of light in the dimly lit world of reality television. On Top Chef people are smart and driven and even though there are sharp knives and open flames, no one has been stabbed or set on fire purposely. Though some past chall ... More >>

ABC to Replace Soaps with The Chew

Top Chef's Carla Hall to Co-Host "The Chew"​ABC has announced that two of its decades-running soaps, One Life to Live and All My Children will be canned. President of ABC Daytime, Brian Frons said, "We are taking this bold step to expand our business because viewers are looking for differen ... More >>

Top Chef Masters Season Three Recap: Meet The Masters

NBC Universal​It's time to meet our cheftestants, host and judges for season Three of Top Chef Masters. The host is Cutie Mc Cute, Curtis Stone. The judges are James Oseland and Ruth Reichl (ouch for the cheftestants is all I can say). Speaking of cheftestants, they are: John Rivera Sedlar ... More >>

"Soul Surfer" a Teen Movie of the Week for the Beach

NBC Universal​It's time to meet our cheftestants, host and judges for season Three of Top Chef Masters. The host is Cutie Mc Cute, Curtis Stone. The judges are James Oseland and Ruth Reichl (ouch for the cheftestants is all I can say). Speaking of cheftestants, they are: John Rivera Sedlar ... More >>

Top Chef Recap: And The Winner Is........

NBC Universal   ​This is it...the finale. Padma and Tom meet Richard and Mike. Tom says there are no twists and turns - just show us your future - your challege is to create the restaurant of your dreams (that's it? OK - I'll just write you the great American novel in an hour...cl ... More >>

Top Chef Recap: The Last Supper

NBC Universal ​Last week Tiffany was sent home. Mike said Tiffany was great but the three top competitors are left.  Padma and Wolfgang Puck are here for the quickfire. Quickfire There are seven classic quickfires to choose from past seasons. The cheftestants will pick what qui ... More >>

Interview With Chef and Top Chef Cheftestant Spike Mendelsohn - Part I

Laine Doss​Spike Mendelsohn, the tall-hat-wearing, red-bearded contestant on Top Chef Season Four and Top Chef All-Stars, happens to own two fast-casual restaurants in D.C., We the Pizza and Good Stuff Eatery. Both restaurants buck the "fast food as junk food" concept and offer healthy farm ... More >>

Top Chef Recap: Padma Wears a Bikini and The Cheftestants Are Mean To Conch

NBC Universal ...And then there were three.​Last episode Carla was thrown off. First Fabio then Carla? Who could I possibly root for? Richard? Antonia? I'm a little depressed. Quickfire Challenge Back in the sunny Bahamas, we have Mike, Richard, Antonia and Tiffany left - boy vs. girl. P ... More >>

Top Chef Recap: Cooking For The King

NBC Universal ​Wer'e in the finals in the Bahamas. The cheftestants walk into a fort where they meet the winners of their seasons and Eric Ripert. Quickfire Challenge Tom Colicchio says they're going to go head to head against the winner of their particular season. The winner ... More >>

Top Chef Recap: All In The Family

NBC Universal​Last week on Top Chef Dale gets kicked off for a lousy Amberjack and the cheftestants were shocked, especially Richard. It's up to the final five. One step away from the final four. Pressure is on. Padma comes into the cheftestants' condo unannounced. Richard says this i ... More >>

Top Chef Recap: Paula Deen's Down Home Fry Fest

NBC Universal​In the last Top Chef, Angelo packed his knives because of a salty dish. Mike is totally freaking out about Angelo leaving. Even Tiffany thought it would be her turn to leave. Quickfire Challenge Paula Deen is there. Paula-freaking-Deen! Antonia says the challenge is going t ... More >>

Top Chef Recap: Fabio Makes a Booger for Jimmy Fallon

NBC Universal Another one bites the dust​Last Top Chef, Tre was sent home packing for his crummy risotto dish. Read the recap here. Quickfire Challenge The cheftestants walk into the kitchen and see fondue pots. Richard notes that his parents probably went to nude fondue parties (eww ... More >>

Top Chef Recap: Fuggedaboudit! Cooking Family Style At Rao's

NBC Universal Cheftestants​Last episode we had Marcel pack his knives after he led his team to defeat in restaurant wars.  Quickfire Round The Cheftestants walk into the kitchen to find Padma and Isaac Mizrahi. It's fashion week and Padma is plugging her jewelry line and Isaac is ha ... More >>

Q&A With Chef and Top Chef Cheftestant Fabio Viviani - Part I

NBC Universal Fabio Viviani ​If you watch Top Chef, you know Fabio Viviani. This cheftestant from season five might not have walked away with the title, but his clever quips delivered in broken English, his charm, and his skills made him a fan favorite and brought him back for the cur ... More >>

Top Chef Recap: Restaurant Wars (Fabio Charms Everyone)

NBC Universal Fabio Viviani ​Recap: on Last Week's Top Chef, the chefs were taken out on the S.S. Minnow for a three hour tour and fish fry.  Carla won a trip to Amsterdam and both Jamie (finally) and Tiffany were sent packing. Quickfire Challenge: The cheftestants walk into Le B ... More >>

Top Chef Recap: A Tom Colicchio Smackdown (He Is So Hot)

NBC Universal Tom Colicchio​Top Chef is probably Bravo's last and only foray into "real" reality television. For eight seasons we've gotten to enjoy the drama of cooking rather than drunken behavior, screaming matches and random hookups (though the show has had its fair share of all t ... More >>

Hell's Kitchen Open Casting Call

​The Brits can be scary folks with their superior verbal skills and sophisticated disdain: Americans hear the accent and expect decorum, tact, painfully perfect manners. And then you get called an "ignorant fucking cunt" and are left wondering what the hell just happened - but the funny thing is, ... More >>

You Can Watch Dance If You Want

​The Brits can be scary folks with their superior verbal skills and sophisticated disdain: Americans hear the accent and expect decorum, tact, painfully perfect manners. And then you get called an "ignorant fucking cunt" and are left wondering what the hell just happened - but the funny thing is, ... More >>

Beauty Pageant Contestant to Appear on The Amazing Race

Smith, from her days as Miss South Carolina USA​Stephanie Smith of Fort Lauderdale is a former Miss South Carolina USA and a contestant on this season's edition of the CBS reality show, The Amazing Race. That puts her perilously close to two of the world's most notorious Youtube video memes.But le ... More >>

Make These Winning Top Chef Banana Fritters at Home

​Last night's episode of Top Chef that took place in Singapore was easily the best of the season. It featured a series of stunning looking dishes from all four remaining cheftestants that were cooked in a backdrop full of beauty and culture. Everything looked so tasty, it made me want to hop a fli ... More >>

Elton John Will Only Accept Money From One American Idol, Named Rush Limbaugh

Clearly, Elton John's not as desperate for attention as American Idol contestants.​In the same summer that Elton John accepted an invitation -- and $1 million -- to perform at the Palm Beach wedding of Rush Limbaugh, he is refusing to entertain far more generous offers to judge the performances of ... More >>

Chef Carlos Fernandez From Hi-Life Cafe: Interview, Part 1

Photo by Christina Staalstrom​Chef Carlos Fernandez, head chef of Hi-Life Cafe in Wilton Manors, clearly loves what he does. Although he fell into his role 15 years ago, he has since developed a passion for cooking that shines through when he talks about the restaurant, his staff, and most of all ... More >>

Top Chef Kenny Gilbert Goes Packing

​That's all folks. Top Chef and new Florida resident Kenny Gilbert was forced to "pack up his knives and go" on last night's episode of Top Chef D.C.Gilbert was sent home following the show's Restaurant Wars episode, which pits two teams of four cheftestants against each other. The chefs took over ... More >>

The Top Chef Interview With Kenny Gilbert, Bravo Star and New Executive Chef at PGA National Resort

Chef Kenny Gilbert, star of Bravo's Top Chef and new executive chef at PGA National Resort and Spa.​Watch any of this season's episodes of Top Chef and it's clear that the level of competition has been raised higher than ever. There have been furious quickfires with crab parts exploding across the ... More >>

Top Chef's Kenny Gilbert Moves Into PGA National

​If you've been keeping up with Top Chef this season, you've seen that one of the front runners to win the whole season is chef Kenny Gilbert. Each week, Kenny's deep, complex food seems to land him in the running for a Quickfire or Elimination win. And even in those group challenges where Kenny s ... More >>

The Burning Ballroom From Hell

​If you've been keeping up with Top Chef this season, you've seen that one of the front runners to win the whole season is chef Kenny Gilbert. Each week, Kenny's deep, complex food seems to land him in the running for a Quickfire or Elimination win. And even in those group challenges where Kenny s ... More >>

Top Chef Cooks for Haiti

​The 24-hour news cycle has long since moved on from the January earthquake that devastated Haiti and the agony of its aftermath, but for Haitian native and former Top Chef contestant Ron Duprat, forgetting is not that easy.  So he's teamed up with four South Florida Whole Foods Markets to ra ... More >>

Dancing With the Not-Exactly Stars

​The 24-hour news cycle has long since moved on from the January earthquake that devastated Haiti and the agony of its aftermath, but for Haitian native and former Top Chef contestant Ron Duprat, forgetting is not that easy.  So he's teamed up with four South Florida Whole Foods Markets to ra ... More >>

Latitudes Beach Café Makes Us Wonder About that Top Chef Thing

​The 24-hour news cycle has long since moved on from the January earthquake that devastated Haiti and the agony of its aftermath, but for Haitian native and former Top Chef contestant Ron Duprat, forgetting is not that easy.  So he's teamed up with four South Florida Whole Foods Markets to ra ... More >>

Pop Tarts

​The 24-hour news cycle has long since moved on from the January earthquake that devastated Haiti and the agony of its aftermath, but for Haitian native and former Top Chef contestant Ron Duprat, forgetting is not that easy.  So he's teamed up with four South Florida Whole Foods Markets to ra ... More >>

Tablao You Away

​The 24-hour news cycle has long since moved on from the January earthquake that devastated Haiti and the agony of its aftermath, but for Haitian native and former Top Chef contestant Ron Duprat, forgetting is not that easy.  So he's teamed up with four South Florida Whole Foods Markets to ra ... More >>

Sing It, Edna

​The 24-hour news cycle has long since moved on from the January earthquake that devastated Haiti and the agony of its aftermath, but for Haitian native and former Top Chef contestant Ron Duprat, forgetting is not that easy.  So he's teamed up with four South Florida Whole Foods Markets to ra ... More >>

Saving The World, One Perm at a Time

​The 24-hour news cycle has long since moved on from the January earthquake that devastated Haiti and the agony of its aftermath, but for Haitian native and former Top Chef contestant Ron Duprat, forgetting is not that easy.  So he's teamed up with four South Florida Whole Foods Markets to ra ... More >>

Dancing With the Idols? American Stars?

​The 24-hour news cycle has long since moved on from the January earthquake that devastated Haiti and the agony of its aftermath, but for Haitian native and former Top Chef contestant Ron Duprat, forgetting is not that easy.  So he's teamed up with four South Florida Whole Foods Markets to ra ... More >>

Portrait of The Artist as a Loud Frappe

​The 24-hour news cycle has long since moved on from the January earthquake that devastated Haiti and the agony of its aftermath, but for Haitian native and former Top Chef contestant Ron Duprat, forgetting is not that easy.  So he's teamed up with four South Florida Whole Foods Markets to ra ... More >>

Livin’ the Hi-Life

​The 24-hour news cycle has long since moved on from the January earthquake that devastated Haiti and the agony of its aftermath, but for Haitian native and former Top Chef contestant Ron Duprat, forgetting is not that easy.  So he's teamed up with four South Florida Whole Foods Markets to ra ... More >>