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Bravo Reality Series Top Chef Masters Premieres June 10, 2009
April 12, 2009 03:09 PM by Britteny Elrick
Bravo has announced their spin-off series of the Emmy award winning show Top Chef will premiere on Wednesday, June 10. Top Chef Masters will be pitting 24 world-renowned chefs against each other to win money for charity. The show will feature guests stars and judges such as Neil Patrick Harris, Zooey Deschanel, Jeff Lewis, and all previous Top Chef winners….
According to the Bravo press release, ‘The first six episodes will consist of four chefs competing against each other to name one winner. The six winners of each episode will then meet up for the final four weeks when one person will get eliminated each episode until the finale where one winner is crowned Top Chef Master. The winning chef will receive $100,000 for the charity of their choice.”
They continue to talk about what will be expected of the chefs, “Each episode of Top Chef Masters holds two challenges for the chefs. The first is a twist on the classic “Top Chef” quickfire challenge which tests their basic abilities – for example in season 2 of “Top Chef” where the chef’testants had to create an amuse bouche out of items from a vending machine. Each quickfire challenge will be judged by a blind taste test and a five-star system, similar to fine dining reviews.
The second challenge is a more involved elimination challenge designed to test the versatility and invention of the chefs as they take on unique culinary trials such as working with unusual and exotic foods or catering for demanding clients. The food will be tasted and evaluated by the judges and a wide range of tasters for whom the challenge is aimed, whether it is patrons at a five-star restaurant or a room full of hungry kids – the food has to appeal to the diner as well as the critics if the chef is to survive.”
Dan Cutforth, Executive Producer, says, On Top Chef , the biggest names in the industry join us as guests to pass judgment on the chef’testants…Now we’ll get to see how they handle equally tough challenges.” “We are thrilled to have such an amazing line up of celebrated chefs putting their reputations on the line for their charities,” said Jane Lipsitz, Executive Producer. “‘Top Chef Masters’ will take the kitchen competition to the next level.”
The chefs competing will be: Rick Bayless – Frontera Grill, Chicago, Ill.; Wilo Benet – Pikayo, San Juan, Puerto Rico; John Besh – Restaurant August, New Orleans, LA; Graham Elliot Bowles – Graham Elliot Restaurant, Chicago, Ill.; Michael Chiarello – Bottega Restaurant, Yountville, Calif.; Michael Cimarusti – Providence, Los Angeles, Calif.; Wylie Dufresne – wd50, New York, N.Y.; Elizabeth Falkner – Orson, San Francisco, Calif.; Hubert Keller – Fleur de Lys, San Francisco, Calif.; Christopher Lee – Aureole, New York, N.Y.; Ludo Lefebvre – Ludo Bites, Los Angeles, Calif.; Anita Lo – Annisa, New York, N.Y.; Tim Love – The Lonesome Dove Western Bistro, Fort Worth, Texas; Rick Moonen – Rick Moonen’s RM Seafood at Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas, Nev.; Nils Noren – French Culinary Institute, New York, N.Y.; Lachlan McKinnon Patterson – Frasca Food & Wine, Boulder, Colo.; Cindy Pawlcyn – Mustards Grill, Napa Valley, Calif.; Mark Peel – Campanile, Los Angeles, Calif.;Douglas Rodriguez – Alma de Cuba, Philadelphia, PA; Michael Schlow – Radius Restaurant, Boston, Mass.; Art Smith – Table Fifty-Two, Chicago, Ill.; Suzanne Tracht – Jar, Los Angeles, Calif; Jonathan Waxman – Barbuto, New York, N.Y.
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