Top Chef (TV Show)

The Taste: Blogger Sarah Schiear is on Fire (Literally)

Things started really heating up on The Taste, the new ABC cooking competition that has professional chefs and home cooks competing against each other in teams. The first two episodes dragged in much the same way American Idol's audition pieces do. But, at least that show has singing -- good, great, ... More >>

Goat Belly and Specialty Pigs From Stephanie Izard and Stephen Stryjewski

The Palm Beach Food & Wine Festival (PBFWF) held a special meat-lovers event Monday with its first Southern Hospitality: Pig & The Goat feast. As the title suggests, it was an afternoon filled with pig, lamb -- and, yes, even goat. The midday feast was held at Pistache French Bistro in dow ... More >>

Event Coverage: Palm Beach Food and Wine Fest Kick-Off at Cafe Boulud (Photos)

We already know, most South Floridians were baseling it up this weekend. It may have been a satellite fair, the streets of the design district, or just partying, but those of you who opted to head across the Dade county border missed out on some pretty swanky stuff.The Palm Beach Food and Wine Festi ... More >>

Padma Lakshmi Lets Man Eat Ham Off Her Body (Video)

Some lucky bastard got to eat a piece of Iberico ham off of Padma Lakshmi's body last evening.No, it's not some lame Top Chef dream sequence. This really happened. In front of thousands of people. And that man was some stranger. OK -- he did donate $1,000 to charity, so we guess it's all good.Accord ... More >>

Will a New Manager Improve Service at Tap 42? We're Betting on It

​Back in January, I reviewed Tap 42 and was met with more than 60 comments that confirmed or refuted claims of neglectful service and inconsistent meals. Since then, owners Blaise and Sean McMackin have dug in for some serious overhauls. For one, they're in the market for a new chef after the ... More >>

The Big Trend for 2012 May Be the Death of Restaurant Trends

Daisy Martinez Went From Prep Chef to Food Network to ... Cruise Ship?

​Between her Latin-fused Food Network show Viva Daisy! and book signings, Daisy Martinez is a busy woman.Just two weeks after graduating from the French Culinary Institute, she landed a gig with PBS' Lidia's Italian-American Kitchen as a prep-kitchen chef.A meeting with Rachel Ray and a cruise shi ... More >>

Chef-Driven Restaurant Slated for Boca From Charm City and El Jefe Luchador

​James Beard-nominated "Rising Star Chef of the Year" Michael Saperstein and partner Evan David signed a lease in Boca Raton this week to open a third restaurant by December 2011: a chef-driven, eclectic, small-plates restaurant that's "unlike anything we have in the area so far." Saperstein and D ... 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 >>

Top Chef's Carla Hall Wants You To Win $10,000 By Creating New Cat Food Recipe

Carla Hall cooking for cats.​Top Chef''s Carla Hall has a new gig (hint: it's not cooking for humans). Carla, the loveable contestant best known for putting "love" into her dishes on Bravo's reality show, is the new spokesperson for Fancy Feast cat food. In a video, Hall invites peopl ... 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 All-Stars Reunion Show: The Top Ten Moments

NBC Universal​Bravo reunion shows are basically one and the same -- a schmaltzy way to pimp out yet one more cheap episode of the shows you love to say you don't ever watch. At least Top Chef is the most intelligent of mindless television (Hey -- at least it's not Real Housewives of Miami). ... 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's Marcel Vigneron Makes Dragon Breath Rice Krispie Treats for Jimmy Fallon (Video)

Marcel smokes - literally​Top Chef's own resident molecular gastronomy twerp, Marcel Vigneron dropped in on Jimmy Fallon to plug his new cooking show Marcel's Quantum Kitchen, which premieres on SyFy tonight at 10:00 p.m. The awesomeness comes when Marcel starts to make his own version of r ... 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: 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: 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 >>

Interview With Chef Daniel Ramos of Market 17 (Part 2)

​Today we have the rest of our Q&A with chef Daniel Ramos, of the newly opened farm-to-table restaurant Market 17 in Fort Lauderdale. To read the first half of our interview, click here. Sounds like it's quite a project to source food locally. In New York, it is hard not to eat locally. You ha ... More >>

Palm Beach Food and Wine Festival Features Throwdown With "Top Chef"'s Howard Kleinberg

​The 4th Annual Palm Beach Food and Wine Festival, sponsored by Creekstone Farms, is coming December 7. This event is slated to have tastings from the best and most exclusive restaurants in Palm Beach.A highlight of the event will be the "Grand Chef Throwdown" where the two most popular applican ... More >>

The List: 13 Things Foodies Should Be Thankful For

​Thursday, November 25, is, of course, Thanksgiving Day. It's a day for Americans from coast to coast to gather family and friends and, in the spirit of the holiday, watch interminable football games between two pathetic teams of losers who couldn't beat their own grandmother with a tire iron. Tha ... More >>

The Top Chef Interview With Kenny Gilbert, Part 2

​In the first part to our interview with the star of Bravo's latest season of Top Chef, Kenny Gilbert, we spoke to the chef about what it was like to live in the house and cook on the award-winning show. Today, we dish with Kenny on his appointment as executive chef at the PGA National Resort & ... 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 >>

Bourdain Hits Bookstores, Coral Gables

​Ever read Anthony Bourdain's Kitchen Confidential? It's a really great book, an exciting and sometimes disgusting glimpse into the seedy underworld of the professional chef. It was through Kitchen Confidential that everyone learned why fish on Mondays is a bad idea, why you should never trust a s ... More >>

A Quickie with Rocco DiSpirito

Photo by KritsadaRocco DiSpirito​Maybe you only know of Rocco DiSpirito because you've seen him battling Jeffrey Chodorow on the NBC reality show The Restaurant, spinning around the floor on Dancing With the Stars, helping hefties on Biggest Loser, or taking toques to the table on Top Chef, but be ... More >>

Ron Duprat's Top Chef Recap, Episode Three

​Welcome back to the Ron Duprat Top Chef Las Vegas recap, folks. To take a peek back at episodes one and two, click the links. Otherwise, read on to find out what episode three had in store for our Haitian homeboy.Episode three:The show starts off with the cast commiserating on what's gone down so ... More >>

Ron Duprat's Top Chef Recap Episode Two

Duprat with Gail Simmons and some dude at the SoBe Wine & Food Festival.​OK, after our encore Ron Duprat recap of Top Chef Las Vegas episode one, it's time to move on to episode two. Maybe we'll see some more of Ron's jolly ways this time around? I'll settle for some more of him cooking. Now o ... More >>

An Interview With Ted Allen

C. StilesNectar Lounge at the Seminole Casino Coconut Creek was host to the Christmas-ey dessert party, Sweet Dreams, this weekend. The event featured a huge spread of sugary cakes, candies, flash-frozen ice cream, and dessert sushi, which you can check out by viewing our slide show. But it also fea ... More >>

All the Nasty Bits from an Evening with Anthony Bourdain and Mario Batali

Elyse Wanshel Mario Batali and Anthony Bourdain at the Miami Book Fair International Thursday night. Although former junkie/gutter chef, Anthony Bourdain claims that his life is “all rainbows and unicorns” ever since the birth of his baby daughter, many of his random comments during last night ... More >>