Two Bravo reality stars have announced that they are dating one another. Top Chef 3‘s Dale Levitski and Project Runway 4‘s Jack Mackenroth are officially a couple. Unless I’m forgetting someone forgettable, this marks the network’s first inter-show romance. Dale told OutZone, which is owned by Bravo, that despite their Bravo connection, the two “randomly …
One of Top Chef‘s biggest weaknesses is that viewers can’t really judge what they’re seeing for themselves. We have to trust the judges when they describe the taste of the contestants’ food, unlike on Project Runway, where we can look at a dress and have all of the same information that the judges have when …
After skipping a reunion for Top Chef 2 because fans were outraged over the show’s interpersonal conflict, Bravo aired a reunion for Top Chef 3 Wednesday night. It should have been the reverse, though, because there wasn’t much drama between the contestants this season, and thus the reunion was yet another one of Bravo’s tedious …
Wednesday’s live finale of Top Chef 3 was watched by “3.079 million total viewers and 2.187 million adults 18-49,” which left the show “the No. 1 cable entertainment program for the 10 p.m. hour in total viewers and adults 18-49,” according to a Bravo press release, which cites Nielsen numbers. Still, the finale lost 800,000 …
After a 75-minute, partially live finale, Hung Huynh won $100,000 and became the third Top Chef. If Bravo’s unscientific poll during the episode is any indication, that was unpredictable, and maybe even a pretty significant upset; Casey Thompson was by far the most popular chef, followed by Dale Levitski. But while Casey seemed poised to …
Bravo’s Top Chef 3 concludes tonight with a live finale from Chicago, the setting for the fourth season, which recently started production. Three actually talented chefs remain: Casey Thompson, Dale Levitski, and Hung Huynh. For the first time, the show will have a non-heterosexual male winner (Casey is female, Dale is gay, and Hung is …
After last week’s uncredited appearance on Top Chef 3 as a bitchy diner in one of the faux restaurants created by the two teams, Madonna’s brother Christopher Ciccone made a credited appearance on last night’s show. The teams had to re-open their restaurants, and the producers had Ciccone essentially design the small spaces. Tom Colicchio …