Top Chef Masters? Bravo Has Been Reading My Diary Again.
I think I actually squealed a little bit when I saw the first commercial for Top Chef Masters. I'm not sure when exactly I became such a food reality tv junkie, but Top Chef is my favorite show, and I am a sucker for celebrity chefs (did I ever tell you about the time I saw Wylie Dufrense on the train from DC to New York?) so this show was made for me.
According to Bravo's website "Top Chef Masters will pit 24 world-renowned chefs against each other and see how well they fare in the tried and true format of Top Chef. In each episode, money will be at stake for the chefs, with the winners of eliminations being awarded cash donations for their charities."
And a shitload of publicity for their restaurants. It is a win/win/win situation. Top Chef and Bravo get the viewers, the chefs get the free advertising and patronage and I get a bonus season of Top Chef.
So who did they get to participate?
Hubert Keller, Wylie Dufrense, Michael Chiarello, Roy Yamaguchi, Art Smith, Rick Bayless, John Besh and seventeen more successful and proven chefs.
This is going to be awesome!
My only complaint is that it won't be Tom and Padma. The host is Kelly Choi who also hosts Eat Out NY (and is it just me or does that sound filthy? Just me? I have the sense of humor of a 12 year old boy) and these three people.
That is James Oseland from Saveur magazine, Gael Greene, who used to be a food critic for New York Magazine and British food critic Jay Rayner.
Don't let me down, Bravo. This is huge in my mind. I am getting hungry just thinking about it,
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Nope. Not just you. That IS filthy. And kind of makes me want to watch it. Which, I'm assuming, is kind of the point.
Posted by: Accidental Housewife | May 25, 2009 at 01:32 PM
I. Can't. Wait. (I have no life)
Posted by: Fairly Odd Mother | May 25, 2009 at 01:36 PM
Woo! That sounds totally badass. Can't wait!
Posted by: Monica | May 25, 2009 at 02:41 PM
OM NOM NOM NOM NOM. I cannot WAIT!!!!
Posted by: Miss Banshee | May 25, 2009 at 03:26 PM
I can't wait! Something new!
Posted by: ravenlynne | May 26, 2009 at 04:11 AM
My husband is addicted to these kind of shows.Will be using the DVR to record them all
Posted by: indycitygirl | May 26, 2009 at 09:48 AM
OH YES PLEASE! Sign me the heck up. I can't wait!
(Am I the only one who thinks of Mitch Hedberg when I hear the name Wylie Dufrense? Anyone know what I'm talking about?)
Posted by: Alison | May 26, 2009 at 05:39 PM
Every. Single. Time.
Where are the Dufrenses?
Posted by: Sarah, Goon Squad Sarah | May 26, 2009 at 06:07 PM
Who can eat at a time like this?
Dude, I miss him.
Posted by: Alison | May 26, 2009 at 06:33 PM
The Dufrenses. Search party of 4.
Posted by: Sarah, Goon Squad Sarah | May 26, 2009 at 06:35 PM
That hat should disqualify Gael from doing anything, ever. But I still will be totally watching.
Posted by: jamiegp | May 26, 2009 at 06:41 PM
You have a good point.
Posted by: Sarah, Goon Squad Sarah | May 26, 2009 at 06:54 PM
I'm silly excited over this show.
Posted by: Bitchilla the Hun | May 27, 2009 at 02:24 PM