Top Chef News

As the Vegas season of Top Chef nears its end, the Bravo folks are sending the remaining cheftestants out of Sin City and into Wine Country.

Since so many TV series take place in New York, I can understand why several shows have their own bus/walking tours here: Gossip Girl .

Right when Top Chef Vegas was really getting interesting with the final six, Bravo deems it a good idea to throw a reunion special/clip show into the season momentum.

The latest season of Top Chef was put on hold last night and instead of the regularly scheduled programming, Bravo brought us a little special.

The chefs will also "rehash their favorite moments on the series," which means filler by way of clips.

Top Chef All Stars Dinner 10/9c Bravo Padma & Co. take a break this week, but fans of Top Chef will want to feast their eyes on this.

We knew something fishy was up when the promos were touting an appearance by Natalie Portman .

What is it with Top Chef , elfin starlets, and picky eating? Having decided that inflicting Zooey Deschanel's veganism on Top Chef Masters wasn't enough, the producers brought in Natalie Portman to vegetize Craftsteak, which is something like saying, "You have two hours in the honeymoon suite with Padma Lakshmi ... but you can only blow her air ...

I guess one good turn, or challenge, deserves a repeat. Last night's episode of "Top Chef" Las Vegas was a virtual vegetarian deja vu as the remaining cheftestants cooked up veggie entrees for quirky actress Natalie Portman, taking a cue from last summer's "Top Chef Masters" where the masters cooked a dinner for quirky vegan actress Zooey ...

Are you the next " Top Chef ?" Bravo TV casting directors will be in Dallas, Texas, on Wednesday, Nov.

On the most recent Top Chef , the cheftestants were invited to cook in Tom Colicchio's Craftsteak restaurant, only instead of making steaks, they created vegetarian dishes for Natalie Portman.

Better hope the kids were put to bed ahead of last night's "Top Chef" episode, as dinner talk turned to pillow talk with Natalie Portman in the house.

Bravo channel "Top Chef" winner Hosea Rosenberg prepared wild Alaskan salmon served as the first course at the James Beard Benefit Dinner.

Michael, the younger, angrier one who leans forward and wears a backwards-turned cap, and Bryan, the older one who leans back and looks frightened, have collectively won five elimination challenges.

The world has had a week to digest the news that Bravo has picked up a second season of Top Chef Masters .

After the famed Top Chef restaurant war, it was Laurine who got the boot on the last night's episode of the Bravo cooking show.

Because for a second there, it looked as though one of the contestants in the Final Four might be going home.

Not only did the Voltaggio brothers manage to win the Restaurant Wars challenge on 'Top Chef: Las Vegas' Wednesday night, but judge Tom Colicchio called the team win 'the best restaurant in six years' of doing restaurant wars.

As Bravo's Top Chef Las Vegas reaches the halfway mark, the network continues to expand its Top Chef empire.

Those "Top Chef" guys are everywhere these days - waving their spatulas on the popular Bravo-TV series, popping up at foodie fests and making guest appearances at several local benefits.