Top Chef

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• The place to schmooze

  July 26, 2007

  From Los Angeles Times

  AT the new Craft Los Angeles, I can't believe all the suits. I've never seen so many in any restaurant in L.A. And they definitely didn't... more

• Reality TV's main course

  June 24, 2007

  From Los Angeles Times

  JOEY is executive chef at New York's tony Cafe des Artistes. Josh is a former Marine with a couple of years of culinary training. Julia works... more

• A little too much exploitation for our tastes

  June 15, 2007

  From Los Angeles Times

  For a second there, I thought "Top Chef" had devolved into the kind of exploitive reality TV I'd expect to see on say, Fox ("American Idol... more

• It's their turn to see red

  January 28, 2007

  From Los Angeles Times

  IT was the best of times. It was the grungiest of times. For a couple of minutes back in the early '90s, during MTV's curiously chic "House... more

• SAG, Sundance and a frosty farce

  January 28, 2007

  From Los Angeles Times

  What you might prefer not to talk about: "Farce of the Penguins." Lewd but somehow still wholesome comedian Bob Saget resurfaces in the public... more

• Bringing taste and sizzle to `Top Chef'

  October 15, 2006

  From Los Angeles Times

  PADMA LAKSHMI had a confession to make. "I hate reality TV, I have to tell you," said the new host of "Top Chef," Bravo's reality cooking... more

• On `Top Chef,' immunity is a spice

  March 8, 2006

  From Los Angeles Times

  Elimination is a dish best served cold. It's an inferior pan-seared halibut and an abused shrimp with broccoli stir-fry that chills the mood... more

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