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Top Chef Masters: season 1, episode 10
"Top Chef Master"
August 19, 2009 - 11:08p.m.
Listen, I get the rap on Top Chef Masters. It’s the antithesis of what reality shows are supposed to be: The contestants are uniformly professional and civil to each other (the only real drama came from mixing in Top ...
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Top Chef Masters: season 1, episode 9
"Masters Of Disaster"
August 12, 2009 - 11:08p.m.
From the beginning of Top Chef Masters, critics have harped on several inherent problems with the show: That it lacks the tension of contestants having to live with and compete with each other; that the quality of the cooking keeps ...
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Top Chef Masters: season 1, episode 8
"Dietary Restrictions"
August 6, 2009 - 12:08a.m.
“I can’t wait to eat. I’m starving!”
No kidding, Zooey. If I objected to meat and dairy of any kind and was allergic to most pastas and bread, perhaps I too could be a doe-eyed indie-flick object of ...
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Top Chef Masters: season 1, episode 7
"Champions Round Begins"
July 29, 2009 - 11:07p.m.
First off, special thanks to Genevieve and Donna for capably—a little too capably, frankly—subbing in for me while I was away for the last two weeks. In all honesty, I was happy to leave them the final preliminary ...
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Top Chef Masters: season 1, episode 6
"Trick In A Box"
July 22, 2009 - 10:07p.m.
It's tough being a Chicago celebrity, apparently. Scott has been called away by his media duties tonight -- specifically introducing a screening of In The Loop. So he's passed the baton on to me tonight for the final preliminary ...
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Top Chef Masters: season 1, episode 5
"Miniaturize Me"
July 15, 2009 - 11:07p.m.
Scott’s on vacation this week, so I’m stepping in to fill in the bullet points this week. Let’s just get right to it, shall we?
Chefs: Rick Moonen (RM Seafood, Mandalay Bay); Nils Noren (French Culinary Institute ...
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Top Chef Masters: season 1, episode 4
"Magic Chefs"
July 8, 2009 - 11:07p.m.
A few bullet points and away we go:
• Neil Patrick Harris! In case you didn’t read my Newswire piece on his upcoming Emmy hosting gig or didn’t take my over-the-top hyperbole seriously, I consider NPH to be as ...
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Top Chef Masters: season 1, episode 3
"Offal Tasty"
June 24, 2009 - 11:06p.m.
A couple of notes first before getting down to business:
• Finally, for the first time since I’ve started watching the show, I can say I’ve actually tasted food from a competitor. Here in Chicago, you can’t avoid ...
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Top Chef Masters: season 1, episode 2
"The Lost Supper"
June 17, 2009 - 11:06p.m.
Programming note: Since this episode and the next four after it are essentially following the same format—four new chefs competing for one slot—I’ve decided to simplify these blog posts until the final six come together and there ...
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Top Chef Masters: season 1, episode 1
"Masters Get Schooled"
June 10, 2009 - 11:06p.m.
Hello, and welcome to the bizarre world Top Chef—or as Bravo has labeled it, Top Chef Masters. You’ll find that it looks a lot like Top Chef—what with the spooky remix of the opening credits score, the ...
