Top Chef winner Harold Dieterle says he was forced to participate in the season three all-star cook-off by producers, who threatened to take legal action against him if he refused. Harold tells the New York Post that he “didn’t want… continue reading
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Tom Colicchio: Harold’s Top Chef win “was a lot closer than people thought”
Top Chef judge Tom Colicchio says winner Harold Dieterle’s victory “was a lot closer than people thought just watching the program.” He tells the Denver Post that “Harold kind of fell apart on some of the challenges …It came down… continue reading
The first Top Chef is Harold Dieterle
Harold Dieterle won Top Chef, and said he’ll use the $100,000 in part to open a restaurant in New York City this fall. Tiffani Faison served 10 dishes instead of the five required ones, and guest judge Lorraine Bracco called… continue reading
Top Chef concludes tonight
Bravo’s Top Chef concludes tonight at 10 p.m. ET with the second of its two-part finale. Last week, crybaby caterer Dave was eliminated, leaving frequently-annoyed hottie Harold and regretfully bitchy Tiffani to battle it out. One will win “$100,000 in… continue reading
Top Chef renewed, finale expanded, reunion added
Bravo has found another hit in Top Chef, the Project Runway-like show with a host more robotic than Julie Chen on the days before the Chenbot gets serviced. Thus, Bravo has renewed the competition for a second season, and is… continue reading
Project Runway 2 concludes and Top Chef debuts tonight on Bravo
Project Runway 2 concludes tonight at 10 p.m. ET, when either Chloe, Daniel, or Santino will win the competition, perhaps only to turn down the show’s prize just like last season’s winner. As the episode begins, we’ll see how each… continue reading
Bravo will air Hell’s Kitchen clone; CMT following Kinky Friedman’s campaign
The producers of Project Runway are creating a new talent-based reality show for Bravo. The show, Top Chef, sounds like a carbon copy of FOX’s Hell’s Kitchen. Bravo’s press release says it will be “a new reality competition series set… continue reading