Top Chef Events

UPDATE: Hey fellow TC fans, if you are able to attend this event on Tuesday, contact us. Bravo has contacted us and is willing to make sure you get great access to the event.

"A Taste of Top Chef "will help kick-off NYC's 16th Annual Restaurant Week.

NEW YORK CITY LAUNCH EVENT TUESDAY, JUNE 12: Bravo and NYC & Company, the marketing and tourism organization for the City of New York, bring "NYC Restaurant Week: A Taste of 'Top Chef'" to Union Square Park on Tuesday, June 12 from noon – 1:30 p.m. ET. The live event celebrates both the launch of the hit culinary competition series and the start of the reservation period for NYC Restaurant Week (beginning June 18), the semiannual celebration of the city's vibrant dining scene from July 16-20 and July 23-27. Highlighted by an outdoor cook-off between the reigning Season 2 native New Yorkers, winner Hall and Fan Favorite Talbot, the event features a 30-minute quickfire challenge staged on the set of an actual kitchen. Emceed by Lakshmi, the judging panel consists of some of New York City's hottest chefs and restaurateurs, including Colicchio; Tracy Nieporent, partner of the Myriad Restaurant Group; David Burke, restaurateur and chef; Floyd Cardoz, Executive Chef of Tabla. A representative of New York City will present Bravo President Zalaznick, Lakshmi and Colicchio with an official "Top Chef" proclamation to take effect on June 13.

Come be our guest chef: If you are able to attend and even take pictures, submit your pictures and story and we will be more than happy to post your story with your chef name.

THIS WEEKEND!!!

MIAMI BEACH LAUNCH EVENT SUNDAY, JUNE 10: Bravo teams up with the Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau on Sunday, June 10 from noon to 3:00 p.m. ET for "'Top Chef' Presents a Taste of Miami Spice," and turns Lincoln Road in Miami Beach - home base to the series' third season - into a free preview of August's Miami Spice Restaurant Month. Miami's finest restaurants, including 510 Ocean, david bouley evolution, Mark's South Beach, O Asian Grill, Ola Restaurant at Sanctuary Hotel, SUSHISAMBA dromo, Table 8, and Wish Restaurant, will line the famed Miami Beach thoroughfare with tasting booths offering samples of their wares. Miami Beach Vice Mayor Michael Gongora and Commissioner Richard Steinberg will present series host Lakshmi with a proclamation declaring June 13th "Top Chef Day" in Miami Beach