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Top Chef: Where Are They Now?
The ghosts of cheftestants past.
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Top Chef: A Riddle Wrapped in a Protein Wrapped in an Enigma Wrapped in a Protein
The cheftestants re-create the Bocuse d'Or.
Top Chef: Sh*t on a Shingle, and Other Delights
Michael screams at Robin, Eli goes to the circus, and more.
This Is Top Chef, Not Top Leek Scallop!
What is it with Top Chef, elfin starlets, and picky eating?
Top Chef: Mission Aborted!
Top Chef started off all Real World but quickly went Hell's Kitchen.
Top Chef Gets Funky, Hairy
Charlie “American Icon” Palmer judges his former employees, the Brothers Voltaggio. How is that fair?
Top Chef: Salty Gnocchi and Salty Tears
Padma was not pleased.
Top Chef: Magically Delicious!
For the Elim-lim, Penn and Teller, the duo known for “deconstructing” magic tricks, called upon the cheftestants to deconstruct classic dishes drawn at random.
Top Chef: Feel the Love
Last night the chefs said howdy-do to Tim “He’s a Cowboy, on a Steel Spatula He Rides” Love.
Top Chef: France, Baby, France!
Daniel “One of the Baddest Mother[bleep]ers” Boulud asks the cheftestants to feed him something he has never tasted before, using escargot.
Top Chef Gets KP Duty
The cheftestants face a court-martial.
Top Chef: Michael Introduces Us to Nitro Gazpacho (Again)
The cheftestants roll the dice with Todd English.
Odds Are, Top Chef: Vegas Is Going to Be a Good One
What’s up with Padma’s sexy-raspy voice, and who’s going to be the biggest douche bag?
Adam Platt on the Top Chef Finale: ‘The Key Was the Alligator’
Our recap of the season five: New York finale.
Adam Platt on Top Chef: ‘Stefan Is Drinking Like a Fish’
We talk with Platt about last night's episode.
Adam Platt on Top Chef: ‘Carla Is Clearly a Savant of Some Kind’
We talk with Platt about last night's episode.
Top Chef Stephanie Izard Is Tired of Toby Young’s One-liners, Too
We chatted with last season's winner about last night's episode.
Adam Platt: ‘I Thought Top Chef Was Supposed to Be About New York?’
Platt chats about last night's football-themed episode.
Adam Platt Wants to Know, Who Was Really on the Top Chef Futon?
Was that really Hosea making out with Leah?
Adam Platt Actually Half-Liked Crop Chef
Plus, our favorite critic responds to Toby Young.
Top Chef: Adam Platt Misses Gail, Sees a Horror Show Ahead
Last night's episode: Ham-fisted product placements, insipid background music, and forced bon mots.
Grinch-Like Adam Platt to Top Chef Producers: ‘A Pox on Their Houses!’
Last night's episode was like getting coal in your stocking.
Is Top Chef’s Evil Baldy Capable of ‘Outpalating’ Even Adam Platt?
We discuss the latest episode with the magazine's esteemed critic.
Adam Platt Wonders How a Watermelon and Tomato Salad Could Wow the Top Chef Judges
As Ariane-gate continues to unfold, we asked our restaurant critic to make sense of it all.
Top Chef: Adam Platt Is Unnerved by PDA, Freakishly Bad Dishes
Our esteemed restaurant critic fears there are many bleak hours of non-drama ahead.
Adam Platt Sees a Kinder, Gentler ‘Top Chef,’ Evil Baldy Aside
The new season of ‘Top Chef’ is finally upon us. Adam Platt rejoins us for a post-show chat.
‘Top Chef’ Is Over, and Adam Platt Can Rest
Justice is served, with braised pistachios.
‘Top Chef’ Tease Fills Adam Platt With Rancor
After a poor performance, our least-favorite chef hangs on to torture us.
Adam Platt Predicts a Dull Future for ‘Top Chef’
The final four chefs prepare for their trip to Puerto Rico, but does anyone even care anymore?
Adam Platt Fears the Gaze of the ‘Top Chef’ Gorgon
Dale and Lisa's tango of hatred truly terrified us on this week's 'Top Chef.'
Adam Platt Has No Idea Who Sam Talbot Is
Last night's 'Top Chef' featured loathing and injustice of a sort so disturbing that only commiseration with Adam Platt could help.
Adam Platt Sees Justice Served on ‘Top Chef’
In one of the best 'Top Chef' episodes in recent memory, justice was served, and we and Adam Platt were very happy about it.
The Worst Episode of ‘Top Chef’?
Uncle Ben's and an economy meal for children does not add up to high-level entertainment. It just doesn't.
Adam Platt Sees ‘Top Chef’ Slowly Unraveling
Johnny Iuzzini and random improvisations make for an especially bizarre Top Chef episode.
Football Metaphors Not Enough to Save ‘Top Chef’
The cheftestants cook for discerning Bears fan, but the challenge proves too much for one out-of-towner.
Adam Platt Bemoans ‘Top Chef’ Tantrums
After endless squabbling and a surprise ejection, we sat down to our IM chat with Adam Platt in a dark mood.
‘Top Chef’ Boots the Weak, Keeps the Obnoxious
After watching last night's Top Chef, Adam Platt confronts the cold truth of reality TV.
Adam Platt Pities ‘Top Chef’ Judges
Bad cooking? Obnoxious cheftestants? Sounds like last night's Top Chef was fantastic!
Adam Platt Laments Latest ‘Top Chef’ Casualty
In week two of Top Chef, a trip to the zoo left one cheftestant alone in the wild.
‘Top Chef’ Is Back, and Adam Platt Isn't Happy About It
Finally, after an interminable wait only broken by doses of Top Chef books, cell-phone games, and Sudoku, the series itself is back.
Adam Platt Was Right About ‘Top Chef’ All Along
The Top Chef finale turned out to be all we had hoped, as the three remaining rivals were all allowed to make whatever they wanted for a blue-ribbon panel of judges.
Even Adam Platt Was Moved by Last Night’s ‘Top Chef’
Last night's penultimate Top Chef featured two enormously entertaining challenges.
Hung Earns Platt’s Reluctant Respect on ‘Top Chef’
The final cut prior to the Top Chef finale was made last night, as the contestants came to New York to cook before the most august figures the show could muster.
Pain, Empathy, and Ennui Over Last Night’s ‘Top Chef’
Unlike recent episodes, where nearly all produced hideous, inedible dishes, this one went pretty well.
Adam Platt Finally Gets His Wish
The inevitable finally occurred on last night's Top Chef.
The Gay Side of ‘Top Chef’ Comes Out
This week’s Top Chef was a good one, a do-over of last week’s failed restaurant openings.
Truces and Vanilla Candles Ruin This Week's ‘Top Chef’
On this week’s Top Chef, the contestants faced a Quickfire Challenge in which they were asked to make burgers for Daniel Boulud.
Platt Stands Up for the Latest ‘Top Chef’ Non-Winner
Padma lies and tells the contestants that they're going to go out clubbing.
Adam Platt Finds the Moral in Last Night’s ‘Top Chef’
After an inane "culinary bee," the chefs were made to pair off and create frozen pasta dinners.
‘Top Chef’ Biases Finally Out on the Table
This week’s Top Chef provided another opportunity for the contestants to humiliate themselves, a chance they took full advantage of.
Sternbergh Thinks There Are Too Many Locals on ‘Top Chef’
Last night’s episode of Top Chef was a bloodbath.
Adam Platt Thought Micah From ‘Top Chef’ Was a Train Wreck
The kicked-off cheftestant was barely done sniffling his/her good-byes when we were on Instant Messenger with our buddy, the acerbic Adam Platt, comparing notes.
Adam Platt Is Willing to Bet Against Howie on ‘Top Chef’
This week’s episode was especially entertaining.
Josh DeChellis Gives the ‘Top Chef’ Contestants High Marks
This season, we’re planning on kibitzing about the show every week with a variety of fellow viewers, all of whom will help us to dissect that episode’s round of flashy dishes and behind-the-scenes treachery.
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