The cast of Top Chef DC lived in a Washington, DC, home now owned by Republican presidential candidate Jon Huntsman. It has five bedrooms and 4.5 bathrooms, and it was sold to him in 2010–the same year the show debuted–for $3.6 million. Zillow’s profile of the house has pictures and says its current rent estimate …
Kevin Sbraga won Top Chef DC, becoming the show’s first black winner. He won the finale in Singapore because he “took the most risks but also cooked the best meal,” Tom Colicchio explained after the three finalists prepared a meal with the same proteins and a required dessert. Earlier, Padma said, “I think we have …
Alex Reznik’s time on Top Chef DC finally came to an end last night, and the show lost its villain. But in a post-elimination interview, Alex sounds like the exact opposite of a villain, and is surprisingly mature about and even unconcerned about the way he was edited and the accusations made against him. It’s …
Alex’s apparent failure to follow the rules on Top Chef 7 didn’t get him sent home for one reason, according to Tom Colicchio: “Alex was on the winning team; he wasn’t up for elimination.” Tom copied and pasted that sentence 10 times into his post-episode commentary, and that they didn’t have time to check to …
For the second time on this season of Top Chef, Alex Reznik was cast as a cheating, thieving, bumbling twit, and after because of that, he’s solidified himself as this season’s villain. A few weeks ago, he was accused of other chefs on the show of stealing pea puree from Ed, and this week, the …
For its seventh season, Top Chef is getting a new fourth judge: Eric Ripert. The season is officially titled Top Chef: Washington, D.C., and will feature guest appearances by Nancy Pelosi and Leon Panetta, among others. Bravo’s press release says Ripert, the chef owner of Le Bernardin in New York City who has appeared on …
Top Chef head judge Tom Colicchio received the James Beard outstanding chef award after being a finalist seven times in eight years, so he’s now actually the country’s top chef. In their announcement, the James Beard Foundation said the award is given to “[a] working chef in America whose career has set national industry standards …