Top Chef
‘Top Chef’ Season 22 Headed to Canada
Top Chef is packing up its knives and aprons and heading to Canada for season 22. The Bravo series is making a rare foray outside the U.S. after the 20th season was shot in London and after the Wisconsin-themed 21st season. Top Chef judges Kristen Kish, Tom Colicchio and Gail Simmons announced their Canadian road […]
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Padma Lakshmi on Her Post-‘Top Chef’ Career Shift to Comedy: “I Want to Be the Funniest Person in the Room”
Padma Lakshmi’s post-Top Chef career may veer further into comedy, as the popular former host of the hit reality competition show shops around a comedy series script and continues to host her stand-up comedy night in Brooklyn. In a wide-ranging and revealing New Yorker profile, out on Tuesday, Lakshmi tells writer Helen Rosner that the […]
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Let Kristen Kish Ease You Into the New Era of ‘Top Chef’
Wednesday’s season 21 premiere of Top Chef is a hard reset in a number of ways, most obvious among them being the new host. For the first time in 19 seasons and just as many years, it isn’t Padma Lakshmi gently but decisively telling an unlucky hopeful to pack their knives and go. It’s Kristen […]
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Reality TV’s Double Threat: Padma Lakshmi Talks Dual Emmy Noms for ‘Top Chef’ and ‘Taste the Nation’
Padma Lakshmi is leaving Top Chef at the peak of her game, landing her fifth nomination for outstanding reality or competition program host as she steps away from the Bravo series after 19 seasons. She also secured her first nomination for her Hulu food travel series Taste the Nation, up for outstanding hosted nonfiction series […]
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‘Top Chef’ Names Kristen Kish as New Host
Top Chef has found its new host — and it didn’t have to go far to do so. Kristen Kish, who won the 10th season of Bravo’s culinary competition and has served as a guest judge several times since, will take over for Padma Lakshmi in season 21. Top Chef will set up its kitchen in […]
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Padma Lakshmi Leaving ‘Top Chef’
Padma Lakshmi has packed her own proverbial knives. The longtime host of Top Chef announced on Friday that she’s leaving the Bravo competition after 19 seasons. “After much soul searching, I have made the difficult decision to leave Top Chef,” she wrote in an Instagram post. “Having completed a glorious 20th season as host and […]
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The ‘Top Chef’ Oral History: “How Is This Going Off the Rails on Day One?”
Over two decades, Bravo’s Top Chef has introduced viewers to nearly 300 food luminaries — making and breaking careers with what the culinary community has come to regard as the most prestigious (or at least the most taxing) cooking competition. THR spent months speaking with dozens of the executives, producers, talent and chefs who’ve worked […]
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‘Top Chef’ Leads Critics Choice Real TV Awards Nominations
The Critics Choice Association (CCA) has announced its nominees for the fourth annual Critics Choice Real TV Awards, which honors programs in the nonfiction, unscripted and reality space. Top Chef leads the nominations with five nominations including best competition series, best culinary show and best ensemble cast in an unscripted series. Padma Lakshmi earned best […]
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Peacock Adds Next-Day Streaming for All Bravo Shows
Bravo already has a hub on its NBCUniversal sibling, Peacock, but it’s about to get considerably busier. Starting Monday, Peacock will feature next-day streaming of shows currently airing on Bravo, including The Real Housewives of Atlanta, Top Chef and Watch What Happens Live. That’s a few months ahead of a previously announced September timeline for […]
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‘Top Chef’ and ‘Nailed It!’ Producers Reflect on Filming and Evolving Their Series Amid Pandemic
A series with 15 straight Emmy nominations for outstanding reality competition — and one win, in 2010 — may not want to tamper with a foolproof recipe, but the COVID-19 pandemic forced Top Chef to tinker with its format. In addition to the general protocols taken by every production — bubbling, social distancing, daily testing […]
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‘Top Chef’ Winner Gabe Erales Breaks Silence on Firing and Harassment Controversy
Top Chef season 18 winner Gabe Erales has issued an apology for his personal and professional conduct following news in early July that he was fired from Austin restaurant Comedor over violations of the company’s ethics policy around sexual harassment. In the lengthy statement posted to his Instagram on Friday, the chef acknowledged having an […]
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Padma Lakshmi on Facing Her Anxiety: “A Dam Broke Inside Me”
The Taste the Nation host talks about the negative effects of trying
to contain anxiety and emotions and her 20 minutes-a-day self-care practices
to maintain mental health during the pandemic.
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