This is Las Vegas, baby! It's just like they always say: what happens in Vegas can be rehashed into a corny reality competition theme a billion different ways. It's all about strippers and vices and…   Read Story »

You can tell that the competition is starting to wear the chefs down. Ashley's older brother had a baby, but she couldn't be there because she is in Las Vegas cutting carrots into fake poker chips,…   Read Story »

If there is one thing that you associate with Las Vegas, it is refinement and buffet fine dining. Nothing says class and elegance like a city built in the desert dedicated to amorality and excess.…   Read Story »

For one blessed week we are given a reprieve from the relentless Las Vegas-ness of this season. I'm sure next week it will be back to "make an omelet from these pawned items that tastes like…   Read Story »

After last week's episode in which everything was Las Vegas puns this and Sin City themes that, the show has finally settled into focusing on the food, because ultimately this is a show about cooking…   Read Story »

This season of Top Chef will take place in Las Vegas, and already, after one episode, I am so tired of all of the Las Vegas stuff. Just make your food! Yum yum put it in your mouth. You don't have to…   Read Story »

Padma Lakshmi, ex-wife of Salman Rushdie, host of Top Chef, and Hardee's spokesbreasts, is about to add 'sitcom star' to her resume (because that is how resumes work). From Variety (via…   Read Story »

It is being rumored today that Fabio from Top Chef is getting his own show. Duh. Of course he is. The man he is make for-a the TVs.   Read Story »

Hi, I'm Padma Lakshmi. You might know me from cable television's Top Chef, or as the ex-wife of Salman Rushdie. Remember when I was married to that guy? Everyone was like "Whuuuut?! Why are you…   Read Story »

The final three, Hosea, Carla, and Stefan, get onto a riverboat for what looks like an unbearably cold brunch on the lonely deck of a tourist trap. They made it! On top of the world! Hosea is dressed…   Read Story »