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more about #topchef more comments → MisterHippity: Love the Buffalo Springfield reference, Josh. Can you feel it getting down to the wire? more » heywhat: Next week, I really hope that Jen and Kevin are able to pull things off and get rid of one of the brothers. I'm sick of their storyline. I get it, the... more » Conchie Birdie: I am thrilled Eli's finally gone, although I was a little stunned that Blaise would be good friends with such a product-laced twerp. more » Mo MoDo: Michael V acts like the trophy is his own Until a judge chokes on a fish bone Bryan just waits and sits But the judges say it tastes like shit Kevin ... more » SarieSarieQuiteContrary: Your poem made my heart sing and my mouth water! J.D.S. doesn't have a commenting star?!? C'mon, Gawker! more » snugbug: Mother of Christ, a recap in rondeau? Oh kindly please tell me it ain’t so! It sets the bar too high for those More comfortable commenting in prose.... more » Matt Cherette: I'm so sad I missed this. more » heywhat: What the hell is this "Chef's Academy"? Why is Bravo trying to go the Gordon Ramsey route when they have a great show like Top Chef? more » MisterHippity: Ok, so the moral of this episode is: When everyone sucks too much to win, you win by sucking the least! more » heywhat: Can the brothers just kill each other already? I'm sick of both of them. I don't know if Jen has it in her to win the whole thing but I prefer her or ... more » MisterHippity: Thanks everybody! You were great as always! more » son of spam: I am so overdue for missing one of these shows. I hope to see you all next week. Thanks as always, Hipp and Brian. more » adiam7: Good night everyone!!! Thanks MisterHippity for a great night see you tomorrow for the end of our national nightmare more » Lizawithazee: See you tomorrow for PR, and next week for the Very Special Thanksgiving Loveblog. more » ms_priestypants: Hip, I am sad that you are so low on the comments register tonight, but the slow loading could not have helped! more » -
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Top Chef: Ahab Finally Slays the Great White Whale
Every time I watch Top Chef, it sets my eyes on fire. And everything it's got is all I requires. I can feel it getting down to the wire. Top Chef and JDS, little sleep, lots of coffee. More » -
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Live Blogging Top Chef, Week 12
Well, another Wednesday night has rolled around, and I can't wait to get started on tonight's live blog. In fact, the anticipation is making me quiver like the thigh of a 17th century courtesan. How about you? More » -
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The NBC-Bashing Jokes of 30 Rock
This season, 30 Rock, the only show we watch on NBC, has been taking constant swipes at the network with insider jokes. We are here to decode them for you. Last night, they predict the downfall of the peacock!
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And Now We Know How Padma Likes Her Eggs in the Morning
Awaken and behold the tale of six chefs, two hearts beating as one, a sad strip, a sassafras dream and a love supreme. I'm Joshua David Stein and this is your Top Chef recap. More » -
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Live Blogging Top Chef, Week 11
Happy Veterans Day! Thank a veteran today? No? Do it now! Call any veterans you know and say thank you, OK? There's time before the live blog starts. And, no, veterans of Restaurant Wars do not count. More » -
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Glee: Take It From The Top Chef
God, this show has really gone downhill. Instead of the singing and dancing that we love, they filled McKinley High with a bunch of old chefs sitting and bitching. It was way more knife skills than jazz hands. Bleck.
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Live Blogging the Top Chef All Stars Dinner
Hootie-hoo, crew! There's no regular Top Chef episode tonight, because—well, I don't know. WTF, Bravo? But they're airing an all-star special instead, so we're posting this in case folks want to live blog that tonight. More » -
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The Little Prick on Padma's Tongue
Good afternoon, my lovelies!!! It's Joshie. Last night—OMG it was adorbs!—I curled up and watched Top Chef on the television. What did you do, my dolls? More » -
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Live Blogging Top Chef, Week 10
My favorite Top Chef moments involve things bursting into flame. Sadly, that hasn't happened in the kitchen this year. Happily, the same isn't true of this live blog — you guys were on fire last week! More » -
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Top Chef: Restaurant Wars (And Other People) Are Hell
Quo vadis, y'all? It's Joshua David Stein. I'm still emotionally shaken from the mental shipwreck of last night's Top Chef, a competitive alternate reality located somewhere in Las Vegas. Let's cry together. More » -
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Live Blogging Top Chef, Week 9
You know that conflict I had after reading the post Toby Young wrote for Gawker? When I was forced to consider the possibility that he could become charming and likeable, rather than just an unfunny stooge? Well, it's over. More » -
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Top Chef: A Tale of Two Cancers, One Pig and a Mustache
Hello, It's Joshua David Stein here, halfway through a beautiful bottle of pinot [noir!] It's only 10:15am but it's time to drunkenly discuss Bravo's Top Chef somewhere, emmeyeright? More » -
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Live Blogging Top Chef, Week 8
Well gang, we've reached the midpoint of the season and this much is clear: Never has the talent on this show been so clearly divided. You've got the contenders (the Brothers, Beardo and Jen) and the pretenders (everyone else). More » -
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A Letter to My Unborn Son in Padma's Tummy
Hello in there. This is your maybe dad, Joshua David Stein. There are some things I want you to know as you watch reruns of your mother on Top Chef, pre-you. More » -
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Live Blogging Top Chef, Week 7
Welcome back, commenters! Did you all spend your two-week break from Top Chef wisely? I spent much of mine pondering the value of the many cards which—befitting the Vegas theme—have been played so far this season. More » -
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It's Quite a Day to Be a Bravo Reality Star!
Big news from the Bravo universe, as a host of its stars break out on their own. Oh, and Padma's hiding a big secret in the Top Chef oven. More » -
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Watching Top Chef at Ten In the Midnight of Good and Evil
Hey y'all. This is Joshua David Stein. I'm writing this from beautiful Savannah Georgia where it's hard to find Bravo and thusly Top Chef: Las Vegas. Luckily we found it in a hotel lobby bar. More » -
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Live Blogging Top Chef, Week Six
As a young man, I learned this truism from an SAT essay question: "In literature, as in life, people experience conflicts." And what is true of life and literature is true of this live blog. To wit: I'm conflicted. More » -
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Top Chef's Toby Young's Report from inside the Emmys
It isn't every day a friend of Gawker is nominated for an Emmy award. Come to think of it, it isn't any day...To commemorate the occasion we asked former media public enemy/Top Chef judge Toby Young to share the experience. More » -
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Top Chef Meets Cormac McCarthy in No Basque Country for Old Men
Howdy. This is Joshua David Stein. I wore chaps last night to the premiere of Top Chef Las Vegas: Episode 5 in my living room. Were you there? OMG it was so crowded. More »










