A dessert that was better than any Tom Colicchio has ever eaten in his entire life helped Top Chef Boston‘s winner take the $100,000 prize, and gave the show only its third female winner in 12 seasons. Mei Lin defeated Gregory Gourdet thanks in part to her dessert, but Gregory’s decision to focus almost entirely on local ingredients tripped him up… continue reading
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Top Chef Boston recap: from Andy Cohen to Julia Child
After a three-week break, Top Chef Boston has returned with Bravo’s own Andy Cohen and Julia Child’s friend and frequent on-screen partner Jacques Pépin all in the same episode. That’s kind of like dunking an Oreo in a fine French wine. While it was full of homages to the pioneer in food reality television, it wasn’t full of a… continue reading
Top Chef Restaurant Wars: Padma can’t get a table, Keriann goes missing
Top Chef Boston is down to eight contestants, and the chefs knew instantly what that meant: Restaurant Wars. It’s a fan favorite because it tests the chefs in all kinds of ways, sometimes unfairly (the person in the front of the house usually gets screwed). As a bonus, this time it showed us what happens when Padma Lakshmi isn’t… continue reading
Top Chef adds a former winner as a judge, sudden-death challenges
Richard Blais, the winner of Top Chef All-Stars and runner up of Top Chef‘s fourth season, will join the series as a recurring judge, the first time a former contestant has been given such a role on the Bravo show. Blais is also currently on Top Chef Duels, and was featured on the short-lived Life After Chef. Top Chef Boston will… continue reading
Top Chef to Boston for season 12
Boston, Massachusetts, may be the host for season 12 of Bravo’s Top Chef, the network’s only remaining competition series. Eater first reported the location based on a single Facebook post from a relative of a crew member that has since been deleted, though a tipster told the site the show is “most likely in Boston… continue reading