This month the casting call for Top Chef will commence in view of the fact that Bravo network has already ordered a third season of the reality cooking series. The casting call is open to self-taught professional chefs as well as non-professional cooks. The try-outs will be held in Dallas, San Francisco, Las Vegas, Miami and New York.

Top Chef, a reality series, showcases 15 aspiring chefs as they compete against each other in weekly challenges. Judged before a panel of professional chefs and other food and wine connoisseurs, the promising chefs flaunts their cooking expertise in the hopes of becoming the ultimate “top chef” who will earn $100,000 to start his or her own culinary business. In addition, the winner of the competition will be featured in Food & Wine magazine, and will appear at the Food & Wine Classic in Aspen, Colorado, although prizes may vary in the upcoming season.

Previously, ratings of Top Chef have showed much promise. In the first season of Top Chef, the ratings averaged 786,000 weekly viewers. For season two, the ratings have significantly improved to 1.22 million viewers. With this said, Top Chef season three is definitely foreseeable.

President of Bravo network Lauren Zalaznic said, "The second season of Top Chef has outperformed even our highest expectations both in ratings and the quality of this non-fictional competitive drama…We look forward to discovering another group of culinary talents with the same passion for food and cooking with commanding personalities that make Top Chef a must see every Wednesday night."

The last season of Top Chef starred Tom Colicchio as the head judge, Padma Lakshmi as the host and Gail Simmons as judge. As for season three, avid fans will just have to wait for the network’s official announcement of the cast, as well as the airing schedule.

-Kris De Leon, BuddyTV Staff Columnist

Source: TV.com