Top Chef

-Reality From the Producers of Project Runway, Top Chef is a competitive reality show on Bravo that pits chefs from around the country against each other in weekly challenges. Hosted by Padma Lakshmi, Top Chef sees the up and coming chefs evaluated (and eliminated) by expert judges. The chef that's left standing at the end of the season wins $100,000 and a feature in Food and Wine magazine.

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Top Chef

Repeat - BRAVO,Sun 11 May 01:00 PM

The chefs must create a dessert to satisfy the sweet-tooth of chef Johnny Iuzzini; the chefs get a lesson in improvisations from comedy troupe, Second City.

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Lia is a 28-year old, self-taught, executive sous chef originally from Tacoma, Washington. This Tacoma native who now makes her home in Brooklyn, is actually a literature major who found her true calling in the kitchen. She trained and honed her culinary skills at Manhattan’s exclusive Jean Georges restaurant, where she is currently the executive sous chef. As a New York resident, Lia describes her cooking style as eclectic and her favorite simple summer recipe is guacamole.

Lia is one of the fifteen contestants on season three of the reality cooking show, Top Chef.

(Photo courtesy of Bravo)