Top Chef In The News

Ah... our Chefs are out and about!

Ron Duprat, executive chef at the Hollywood Beach Marriott and a Top Chef Season 6: Las Vegas contestant, does a cooking demonstration at 6:30 p.m. Saturday at the Whole Foods Market Lifestyle Center, 2000 N. Federal Hwy., Fort Lauderdale, to benefit Florida Introduces Physical Activity and Nutrition to Youth. Cost is $25; reserve at 954-565-4138.


The "Michelle Melt" at Good Stuff Eatery was unveiled Thursday by chef Spike Mendelsohn, a former contestant on Bravo's "Top Chef" competition. Click HERE to read more "Burger from 'Top Chef' contestant dedicated to the first lady"

Mark your calendars..."Top Chef" contestant heading to Wisconsin casino. Chef Fabio creates an unbelievably delicious tasting menu for audience members on Saturday, November 21, 2009. Tickets are $45 for VIP table seats with tasting menu included, and $25 for general seating. There will be two shows at 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. in the casino's convention center. As an added bonus, the VIP table seat tickets will include a three course tasting menu and a glass of wine especially pared for the menu by Chef Viviani for guests to enjoy. You must be 21 to attend the shows. Click HERE to learn more.

From Our Mailbox

We love to get mail and to share interesting news and to hear from chefs.

Hi!
I write bravofan (thx for including me in the monday morning mix!), but also write celebtots. It looks like our lady of hosting may be pregnant: Click HERE

Just thought you may enjoy that :)
cheers,
maria
bravofan.com
celebtots.com

Chef Marisa from season 2 wrote to all of us:

Hi chefs,

How's life now that Top Chef is back in full swing? I'm sure eager fans are still pumped to hear the latest scoop about the chefs.

Speaking of TC, and TC fans, I was the guest chef for a great event up in the Napa Valley this past weekend. There was a very nice woman that I met there, who is a fan of the show, and has started a blog where she replicates the winning dishes each week and talks about them....it kind of made me think of Julie/Julia, but hopefully with less butter. ;-) Anyway, I thought this girl Sara was very nice and her blog looks interesting...thought it might be of interest to you and the fans, check it out The winningdish.

Take care,

Marisa (season 2

P.S. I will be competing on Food Network Challenge this Sunday night at 8pm, "Edible Cities." I build San Francisco out of Rice Crispies, chocolate and sugar. The show piece was 3 1/2 feet tall & 5 1/2 feet wide. It took 40#'s of Rice Crispies, over 50#'s of chocolate and 50#'s of sugar. It was crazy!!!! I haven't been able to even look at a rice crispy treat since then! It should be entertaining to watch.

Tuesday Takeout

OK, so I am very late with the Sunday Roast again. I decided to hand the Roast off this week to the HoInMo. I think she did a great job.















Y'alls turn. Have fun kids!

Monday Morning Mix

Look what others have to say about Episode 6.

Amuse-Biatch - Click HERE

My Monkey Could Do That -Top Chef 9/23/09--"Penn & Teller" summary

MinxEats - Top Chef Las Vegas Episode Six Recap

Reality Check - 'Top Chef: Las Vegas': Deconstruct this!

Cliffieland - Top Chef: Las VegasEpisode: Dec Onst Ruc Tingd Ishes

Dealing In Subterfuges- Top Chef: Vegas--Deconstructing Dinner.

Maxthegirl -For He’s a Jolly Good Paella: The Top Chef recap

Bravo Fan - The One Where Everybody Hates Robin [Top Chef]

Chef Laurine's Stew - Constructive Deconstruction

Procrastiblog- Problematizing Paella

What'ere, Jane Eyre -Brokedown Shallots

Great job everyone.

Your Turn To Vote

Using cactus as the main ingredient,

last week we asked the question...

and Chef Ash Cactus Grilled Cheese

was the one most of us did not want to try.

Onto this weeks questions.

Get your forks ready because it is time to net taste again.

This week the challenge was to deconstruct.

Of the four top dishes, which one would you like to taste?

Of the four top dishes, which on would you like to taste?
	Chef Ashley's Pot Roast
	Chef Michael's Ceasar Salad
	Chef Jennifer's Iron Steak
	Chef Kevin's Baked Chicken
Free polls from Pollhost.com

Top Chef Episode 6- Results

Before we begin with this weeks results.

What do you think of the four judges at this weeks Emmy's?

Congratulations to Chef Robin for her Quick Fire win.


and to Chef Kevin for his Elimination win.

We are so sorry to see Chef Ron leave. We wish you the best and hope you drop by our little kitchen.



So fellow TC fans, what did you think of last nights show? Was it the magic you had hoped for?

Sunday Roast

Yes, I know its Tuesday.








Yes, I still Mattin, I still love ya.
























Yall's turn! Have fun. Write your own caption for the picture above and put it in the comment area.





Thanks for all the help HoInMo. And TY SCH, you rock.

Padma Blows It At The Emmys

What was she thinking?!?!?

This is not the award Padma was hoping for on Sunday but today, she made the 2009 Emmys Fashion Losers list.

WonderWall.com wrote:

"Lakshmi en Rose: Padma Lakshmi and exquisite, effortless beauty go together like a "Top Chef" contestant and a so-so-tasting ceviche. But the statuesque stunner stumbles on the Emmys red carpet by garnishing her plum-tinted gown with a superfluous (and super-unbecoming) red rose wreath. Sadly, Padma would have also benefited from taking a paring knife to at least four of the straps adorning her décolletage and undoing the braided chocolate hair"

There has also been debate on the net that Padma has gained weight.

What do you think?

Monday Morning Mix

Look what others have to say about Episode 5.

Amuse-Biatch - Click HERE

My Monkey Could Do That -Top Chef 9/16/09--"Camping" summary

MinxEats - Top Chef Las Vegas Episode Five Recap

Reality Check - 'Top Chef: Las Vegas': To ceviche, or not to ceviche

Cliffieland - Top Chef: Las VegasEpisode: Ceviches Of The Ooooooold West

Dealing In Subterfuges- Top Chef: Vegas--Don't Basque, Don't Tell.

Maxthegirl -Heating Up: The Top Chef Vegas recap

Bravo Fan - no recap but this tidbit on the last nights Emmys You’ll Always Be Winners To Us, Top Chef

Chef Laurine's Stew - Adaptation

Procrastiblog- Cowboys are Frequently Secretly Fond of Ceviche

What'ere, Jane Eyre -Not-So-Jolly Ranchers

Great job everyone.

Your Turn To Vote

Oh how you love to vote. From last weeks poll...

the winner is

Onto this weeks quick fire challenge. Using cactus as the main ingredient ( how many of you have this ingredient just sitting around the house? It's ok... go look... we'll wait.)

Here is this weeks question, which of the following dishes would you NOT want to try?

Remember NOT want to try.

Which of the following dishes would you NOT want to try?
	Chef Ash
	Chef Ashley
	Chef Bryan
	Chef Eli
	Chef Jennifer
	Chef Kevin
	Chef Laurine
	Chef Mattin
	Chef Michael V
	Chef Mike I
	Chef Robin
	Chef Ron
Free polls from Pollhost.com

Top Chef Season 6 - Episode 5 Results

Another night of fun and Vegas heat.

( Bravo never thought to not film this during the hot months ?!?!)

Congratulations to Chef Michael for his cactus quick fire. We will let you make your own cactus jokes in the comment area below.


and to Chef Bryan for his desert elimination win. You are on a roll Bryan.
Here are a few comments from Chef Tom's blog regarding the challenge.

"First, let me digress and say that what I liked about this challenge was the chance to get off the strip. There’s a vast desert out there, and it was neat to see a whole different side of Vegas. What didn’t work? The heat. It was too hot to cook, too hot to eat … that heat was obnoxious. And while the idea of cooking over an open flame was nice in the abstract, in actuality the “fire pits” were propane, so they were no big deal to cook on. The other thing I didn’t like about the challenge was that it was too open-ended. The chefs were not asked to do anything food-wise that tied into their being on a ranch. Yes, it was a fun idea to have the chefs sleep and cook in the great outdoors, but as with the use of cactus in the Quickfire Challenge, I would have liked to have seen the challenge more closely connected on a food level with the life of the ranch. Interestingly enough, not one cheftestant cooked steak. I was so surprised by that."



Ah Mattin... Chef Biatch is not happy about this. We wish you the best and hope you drop by our little kitchen.

So fellow fans... what did you think?