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  • top chef

    Live Blogging Top Chef Masters, Week 4

    Well, a fortnight has passed since we last met, thanks to Bravo's pre-empting of TCM with The Fashion Show last week — a bid to trick us into watching their lame Project Runway replacement. Hope you didn't fall for it! More »
    07/08/09
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    By Richard Lawson

    Comment by MisterHippity: So we got Project Runway starting Aug. 20 on Lifetime, and Top Chef starting Aug. 26 on Bravo. They'll be on... 21 Responses | Other threads

  • top chef

    Live Blogging Top Chef Masters, Week 3

    Hi there. Is everybody ready to talk about Chef Fight Club? After all, the first rule of Chef Fight Club is, "Everybody talks about Chef Fight Club," right? More »
    06/24/09
    4,138
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    By Mister_Hippity

    Comment by MisterHippity: You know what I like? When commenters share what culinary creations they've prepared the night of the live-blog. Last week, for... 18 Responses | Other threads

  • top chef

    Live Blogging Top Chef Masters, Week 2

    Happy last Wednesday of spring! It comes only once a year, and you probably don't want to waste the rest of it doing something inane or frivolous. So why not join our commenter live blog instead? More »
    06/17/09
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    By MisterHippity

    Comment by MisterHippity: Farvel. Har en god nat! 16 Responses | Other threads

  • top chef

    Top Chef: Masters Spies on Girl Scouts, Snoops In Dorm Rooms

    Hello. My name is Joshua David Stein. I think we should probably talk about what happened last night on Bravo's Top Chef: Masters. It was at once heartwarming and a little creepy. More »
    06/11/09
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    By Joshua Stein

    Comment by The Lone Scout: Kelly Choi started out on public television in the Gotham City, but even then she aimed big. She hosted "Eat... 2 Responses | Other threads

  • top chef

    Live Blogging Top Chef Masters, Week 1

    Hey, you! Ever read a live blog and thought, "hey, I could do that"? Do you love to drink and talk about food (or to eat and talk about drinking)? Well, this could be your lucky night! More »
    06/10/09
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    By MisterHippity

    Comment by MisterHippity: Hello! Welcome! Anybody there? 14 Responses | Other threads

  • mini guides

    All the Summer TV You'll Need to Watch

    Summer is basically here. Your kids are more wild-eyed by the day, that tiny swimsuit seems tinier and tinier, and the television has begun to fizzle and fall quiet. Except it doesn't have to! There's so much summer television to be watched and absorbed. Why, enough for a listicle, even. More »
    06/02/09
    14,042
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    By Richard Lawson
  • advertising

    Padma Lakshmi in Sordid Bacon Cheeseburger Sex Tape

    An attractive supermodel overcome with meat-induced lust? Where do I, an 18-34-year-old male with disposable income, sign up? At Hardee's! Padma Lakshmi has decided to do one of those Slutburger commercials. More »
    03/26/09
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    By Hamilton Nolan

    Comment by PickleTitsTurner: That was actually kinda gross. Also, people, please, STOP LICKING YOUR FINGERS! USE A NAPKIN! 17 Responses | Other threads

  • adventures in live blogging

    Live Blogging Top Chef: The Reunion Show

    A week has passed since the commenter gang gathered to live-gab the season finale of our favorite foodfight. Thought you'd seen the last this little live-blogging luau (and my hyper-alliterative prose), didn't you? More »
    03/04/09
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    By MisterHippity

    Comment by Heneage: Hey Folks! Heneage made it - albeit sans television. I finally bid adieu to Comcast on Monday but won't... 32 Responses | Other threads

  • top chef

    Top Chef Ends. Rash of Self-Inflicted Fork-Into-Eye Wounds Reported

    Bom dia a todos. Eu sou Joshua David Stein. The world's worst hour of television aired yesterday. It was called Top Chef and it's an hour I wish never happened. Now let's relive it. More »
    02/26/09
    31,699
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    By Joshua Stein

    Comment by allyzay: i have never in my life been more dissatisfied with the result of any program i have ever watched. 16 Responses | Other threads

  • adventures in live blogging

    Live Blogging Top Chef: The Final Episode

    Mardi Gras is over in New Orleans, but that doesn't mean we can't keep partying on the streets of cyberspace. Is everyone ready for our season-ending live blog blowout? Laissez le blog en direct rouler!* More »
    02/25/09
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    By MisterHippity

    Comment by katekate is squared: I must say, I am very, very sad this little party will be coming to an end. WHAT WILL... 17 Responses | Other threads

  • top chef

    Place Your Top Chef Finale Bets Here

    Hey you Bravo loving fools! It's JDS. In a mere eightish hours, the finale of the fifth season of Top Chef will descend like a pestilence. Meanwhile, enjoy this photograph which reveals the following: More »
    02/25/09
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    By Joshua Stein

    Comment by bluebears: I don't care who wins, winning was made a mockery of ever since what his name with the asshole-ness and... 4 Responses | Other threads

  • top chef

    N'awlinsqatsi and the Return of Crapster Leah

    Hello. My name is Joshua David Stein. The penultimate episode of Bravo's Top Chef aired last night. Let's discuss. More »
    02/19/09
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    By Joshua Stein

    Comment by Wannabeer: The "Hurricane" is a well-known drink in New Orleans, well before Katrina, dingbat. See O'Briens, Pat. 18 Responses | Other threads

  • adventures in live blogging

    Live Blogging Top Chef, Week 13

    Hello America, how are ya? Like the train in Arlo's song, Top Chef is bound for the city of New Orleans — and starting tonight, we have just two episodes left to live-blog about it. More »
    02/18/09
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    By MisterHippity

    Comment by MisterHippity: OK, who's still around? Let's hang and talk! What's everyone watching? 30 Responses | Other threads

  • top chef

    Padma Readies For Finale Climax

    Hello, my name is Joshua David Stein. Please, open your hymnals to Matthew 26:17 wherein is discussed Bravo's reality television show Top Chef. More »
    02/12/09
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    By Joshua Stein

    Comment by saythatscool: Crazy lady? Where are you crazy lady? 8 Responses | Other threads

  • adventures in live blogging

    Live Blogging Top Chef, Week 12

    Hello Top Chef lovers, wherever you are! With Valentine's Day just around the corner, why not join us in posting a few hundred sweet nothings to the reality-show object of our viewing affections? More »
    02/11/09
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    By MisterHippity

    Comment by mathnet: Pardon me, but am I the only one who's watching Lossssst before Top Chef starts? Daniel Faraday has the craziest,... 21 Responses | Other threads

  • soup lines

    Eat Tom Colicchio's Meat for Cheap

    Like fashion before it, the fancy food industry needs to change its rules a bit to get your business. Starbucks is doing McDonald's-style value meals, while Tom Colicchio's swanky steak house is halving prices. More »
    02/11/09
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    By Richard Lawson

    Comment by FEAST: I have been waiting so long for a good reason to post this: 8 Responses | Other threads

  • top chef

    Mouth Kisser Leah's Horrendous Fish Fail

    Hello. From 10pm to 11pm last night, the developed world watched Bravo's Top Chef. I'm Joshua David Stein reporting live from Bushwick. Stay with us as BBC World Report returns. More »
    02/05/09
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    By Joshua Stein

    Comment by abbe diaz: Leah knew there was no way she was gonna win on the nasty slimy eel, so she gave up the... 38 Responses | Other threads

  • top chef

    Live Blogging Top Chef, Week 11

    We're down to the final six, the end's racing toward us like a runaway shopping cart, and our live-blogging routine has become as warm and comfy as a favorite shirt fresh from the dryer. More »
    02/04/09
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    By MisterHippity

    Comment by sadsorrymess: Because i am so happy to finally see the back of that self-important ink blot i am sharing a poem... 21 Responses | Other threads

  • top chef

    Ousted 'Top Chef' Contestant Feels He Was Treated Like A Broken Down Piece Of Hunky Filet Mignon

    Interviewed today by People, last night's Top Chef casualty [spoiler alert!] Jeff McGinnes had some choice shit-talking words for head judge Tom Colicchio, before suggesting the show portrayed him as a shirt-a-phobic "sex object." More »
    01/29/09
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    By Seth
  • top chef

    Hunkiest 'Top Chef' Elimination Ever Spares Fake-Italian, Scars Prettyboy For Life

    On last night's Top Chef Super Bowl All-Star Face-Off Synergistic Cross-Promotion Can-We-Fit-Quaker-Oats-in-There-Somehow Extravaganza, the surviving chefs of Season 5—a group we find ourselves strangely attached to—were forced to cook head-to-head with past Chef contestants. More »
    01/29/09
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    By Seth
  • top chef

    Why Does Guest Judge Scott Conant Hate Wops?

    Hello. My name is Joshua David Stein. Thank you for joining this discussion on Tractatus Topico-Cheficus, a weekly Bravo treatise in its fifth season. [Update: Padma Superbowl Video by popular demand, after the jump.] More »
    01/29/09
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    By Joshua Stein

    Comment by Colin Wiggins: "Arizona's regional specialty is Arby's" Delicious. Literally and figuratively. 6 Responses | Other threads

  • top chef

    Live Blogging Top Chef, Week 10

    Hello commenters! How are we all feeling tonight? Who feels like a hummingbird on cocaine? Raise your hands. More »
    01/28/09
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    By MisterHippity

    Comment by Heneage: Hey, Hip! Heneage has a Hookah fired up for tonight's episode and is ready to sit back and watch the... 29 Responses | Other threads

  • top chef

    Leah and Hosea Consummate Their Dumbpoop Romance

    Hello, my name is Joshua David Stein. There is much to discuss about last night's episode of Top Chef. So let's get down to it. More »
    01/22/09
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    By Joshua Stein

    Comment by abbediaz01: Mmhmm, Joshua David Stein. I see your definition of Leah and Hosea "consummat[ing]" their Dumbpoop Romance is DRAMATICALLY different form the... 17 Responses | Other threads

  • top chef

    Live Blogging Top Chef, Week 9

    Ready for a new, more hopeful era of live-blogging? I sure am. I've been watching two days of inauguration stuff, and suddenly I'm hopeful about everything. More »
    01/21/09
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    By MisterHippity

    Comment by MisterHippity: Hello, folks! 18 Responses | Other threads

  • class warfare

    Imbecile Americans Intimidated By Proper English, Says Toby Young

    Professional annoying person Toby Young has an oh-so-self-serving theory as to why he is detested as a Top Chef judge: Americans cannot handle a person who speaks in complete, correct sentences. More »
    01/18/09
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    By Ryan Tate

    Comment by registered: He's using rather in the incorrect sense. Also, sounds like a brit-centric noodle dick. 8 Responses | Other threads

  • top chef

    Jersey Housewife Axed in Farmhouse Slaughter

    My name is Joshua David Stein. I write a hugely influential weekly column for Gawker.com about the television show Top Chef. More »
    01/15/09
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    By Joshua Stein

    Comment by abbediaz01: Leah has a serious boyfriend too. He works for Shang. I've begun to suspect Leah intentionally takes her nights off... 15 Responses | Other threads

  • top chef

    Live Blogging Top Chef, Week 8

    My fellow Americans (and other fellow travelers of cyberspace), it occurs to me that we stand at the threshold of an historic transition: This will be the last Gawker live blog of the Dubya era. (Heckuva job, Clownie!) When next we meet, a presidential upgrade will have been completed. This got me thinking — is there nothing We The People can't improve on, if we just set our minds to it? I say: No there isn't. What about lame reality-show catchphrases — can we improve on those? I say: Yes we can! More »
    01/14/09
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    By MisterHippity

    Comment by Heneage: Well, g'nite all - I'm switching over to Damages. I wonder who will die in this week's episode? 28 Responses | Other threads

  • top chef

    Mean British Bully Toby Young Is Overwrought and Underseasoned

    Hello. My name is Joshua David Stein. I'm an avid Top Chef fan and am here to discuss with you that show. More »
    01/08/09
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    By Joshua Stein

    Comment by SixThirty: Young sucked. Bring back Bourdain! 21 Responses | Other threads

  • top chef

    Live Blogging Top Chef, Week 7

    Welcome back, fellow Top Chef live-bloggers! In the three weeks since we last gathered, a holiday season has come and gone, and a shiny new year has dawned. More »
    01/07/09
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    By MisterHippity

    Comment by Dot: I just had to tend to my new, little puppy. I called her "Scallop" instead of "Stella". Really. 22 Responses | Other threads

  • top chef

    Tits the Season to Be Jolly!

    It's JDS. It's Top Chef time. Both AIDS and Christmas came to town during last night's episode. More »
    12/18/08
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    By Joshua Stein

    Comment by MisterHippity: I think the show producers totally unplugged that refrigerator (as commenter Sandogg suggested on the Live Blog thread: [gawker.com]). They wanted... 8 Responses | Other threads

  • padmating

    'I wish to have a application for the lady who you speak about.'

    Hello. My name is Joshua David Stein and I am here to recruit you in a quest to find Padma Lakshmi's true love. Stay tuned for your regular Top Chef recap.
    More »
    12/18/08
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    By Joshua Stein

    Comment by JinxyMcDeath: This reminds me of the time a prisoner sent me a 4-paged love letter to my firm. He said stuff... 5 Responses | Other threads

  • top chef

    Live Blogging Top Chef, Week 6

    Season's greetings, Gawkerites. If you're in a gift-of-gab-giving mood, you've come to the right place. Why not don some gay apparel and join us in a group live blog of Top Chef? More »
    12/17/08
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    By MisterHippity

    Comment by MisterHippity: You know sometimes? I feel like Hootie. And then other times? I feel like just another blowfish. YOu know what I mean? 19 Responses | Other threads

  • pop culture

    In Which We Send Tap-Dancing Chef Rocco DiSpirito to Therapy

    Rocco DiSpirito used to be a critically-acclaimed chef, but then he did that show the Restaurant and then Top Chef and The Biggest Loser and finally Dancing With the Stars. Now nobody respects him!
    12/17/08
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    By Sheila

    Comment by Larry Fine: Yes Rocco's cocaine and booze addictions are this website's fault. Specifically, it's katastic's fault. 11 Responses | Other threads

  • padmating

    Padmating 2008/9: Potential Husbands Apply

    Hello. My name is Joshua David Stein and I am here to recruit you in a quest to find Padma Lakshmi's true love. More »
    12/15/08
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    By Joshua Stein

    Comment by allyzay: i don't care if this makes me a killjoy: don't you think that your recent, um, tone regarding top chef... 4 Responses | Other threads

  • top chef

    The Official 'Find Padma a Mate' Campaign 2008/9

    Good morning and welcome. My name is Joshua David Stein. I'd like to get at you for a mo' about Top Chef, the Gossip Girl of culinary cinema verité programming. More »
    12/11/08
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    By Joshua Stein

    Comment by Wrapitup: The sad irony is that in her native country of origin, Padma would be considered quite ugly. 11 Responses | Other threads

  • top chef

    Live Blogging Top Chef, Week 5

    Welcome to another group-live-blogging hour filled with possibilities — although my watching along won't be one of them. I'm stuck in a Bravo-free hotel in Vegas this week on business trip, so my quest tonight will be a quixotic one: hosting the live-blog of a Top Chef episode (starting at 10 Eastern) that I can't watch. But that's probably apt, because impossibility seems to be a theme tonight. Consider, for example, this list of highlights from last week's live blog: More »
    12/10/08
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    By MisterHippity

    Comment by MisterHippity: Hey, folks, so I was thinking about nick-names. Now that the number of contestantst is getting a little more manageable... 18 Responses | Other threads

  • recaps

    Top Chef Is Creme BruLame

    Hey guys! Your regular Top Chef recap fella, Joshua David Stein, unfortunately was unable to watch last night's episode. So, you're stuck with me. Most of you probably already got your jibblies out during our weekly live blog extravaganza, but just in case a lone few of you didn't comment til your fingers bled, we'll proceed with a wrap-up right here and right now. I don't know anything about food! So, should be fun! More »
    12/04/08
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    By Richard Lawson

    Comment by Carol Gardens: Whenever they put the text under Jeff that says he works at the DiLido Beach Club, I always think he... 9 Responses | Other threads

  • adventures in live blogging

    Live Blogging Top Chef, Week 4

    Multitalented — that's one of many qualities I like about the crowd that gathers here each Wednesday night to comment on Top Chef (starting at 10 Eastern.) They can drink. They can tell jokes. They can … presumably do something for a living. And many can cook! And cook fancy stuff, even! So tonight, my "highlights from last week" involve the culinary feats performed not by "cheftestants," but by my fellow commenters. The fact that it was Thanksgiving Eve likely played a role, but everyone seemed to be cooking something special while they were live-blogging last week. Here's a sampling: More »
    12/03/08
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    By MisterHippity

    Comment by Senor_Wences: Just back from the beer store. Sheesh. I really shouldn't be here again. You people are becoming... 72 Responses | Other threads

  • top chef

    You Talkin' Jive Turkey, Foo'!

    Hello, My name is Joshua David Stein. The subject of this morning's discussion is Bravo's television show Top Chef, specifically the events of the third episode of the Fifth Season. I'm in Albuquerque, NM right now, where my Mom lives and where, due to the large Native American population (mostly Navajo and Pueblo), the very premise of Thanksgiving is deeply offensive. (I always hated the holiday because I had to see my family but they hate it for much better reasons.) Anyway, all this means is I watched this episode of Top Chef with my mom who has never seen it before against a backdrop of anti-Thanksgivingism. Many questions were raised including: Who the fuck is Dave Grohl? Who cares? Wait, is this a commercial? These questions were annoying but, upon reflection, valid. More »
    11/27/08
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    By Joshua Stein

    Comment by Minsley Tortimer: it's OK, dave grohl doesn't know (or care) who you are either. guy's funny as hell tho, you're missing out they're... 22 Responses | Other threads

  • adventures in live blogging

    Live Blogging Top Chef, Week 3

    Hail, pilgrims! Ready to talk turkey on Top Chef? Who's up for some candid yammering? (I know. My Thanksgiving puns are awful. I'll do better on Christmas Eve, I promise.) In case you're new to this ritual, it starts at 10PM Eastern, when we all turn on Top Chef and post comments about it. And rest assured that no turkeys will be harmed in the process (although many a cocktail is likely to bite the dust). Before we dig in, here are some highlights from last week's live blog: More »
    11/26/08
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    By MisterHippity

    Comment by LilyBlue: Hi all. I'm also trying to be a triple threat tonight — cooking, watching and posting. No wait!... 40 Responses | Other threads

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