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,Sat 17 May 04:00 PM

The chefs compete in a complex taste test; the chefs cater an upscale charity event.

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Tom Colicchio was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey. As a child, he was encouraged by his father to pursue coking as a career. At the age of seventeen, he started working professionally at Evelyn's Seafood Restaurant. Eventually, he worked in more prominent restaurants in New York. He was even selected as one of the top ten "Best New Chefs" in the United States by Food & Wine Magazine. Later, he published his first cookbook entitled Think Like a Chef which earned him a James Beard Kitchen Aid Cookbook Award.

At present, he is the head judge on the reality cooking contest Top Chef. He also serves as a mentor for the chefs in the series.

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