Top Chef Masters
 

I think it starts June 10. Has established chefs instead of unknowns

Anita Lo – Annisa, New York, NY
Art Smith – Table Fifty-Two, Chicago, IL
Christopher Lee – Aureole, New York, NY
Cindy Pawlcyn – Mustards Grill, Napa Valley, CA
Douglas Rodriguez – Alma de Cuba, Philadelphia, PA
Elizabeth Falkner – Orson, San Francisco, CA
Graham Elliot Bowles – Graham Elliot Restaurant, Chicago, IL
Hubert Keller – Fleur de Lys, San Francisco, CA
John Besh – Restaurant August, New Orleans, LA
Jonathan Waxman – Barbuto, New York, NY
Lachlan McKinnon Patterson – Frasca Food & Wine, Boulder, CO
Ludo Lefebvre – Ludo Bites, Los Angeles, CA
Mark Peel – Campanile, Los Angeles, CA
Michael Chiarello – Bottega Restaurant, Yountville, CA
Michael Cimarusti – Providence, Los Angeles, CA
Michael Schlow – Radius Restaurant, Boston, MA
Nils Noren – French Culinary Institute, New York, NY
Rick Bayless – Frontera Grill, Chicago, IL
Rick Moonen – Rick Moonen's RM Seafood at Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas, NV
Roy Yamaguchi – Roy's Restaurants, Honolulu, HI
Suzanne Tracht – Jar, Los Angeles, CA
Tim Love – The Lonesome Dove Western Bistro, Fort Worth, TX
Wilo Benet – Pikayo, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Wylie Dufresne – wd~50, New York, NY

Permanent Judges:
Kelly Choi (Host)
Gael Greene (Judge)
James Oseland (Judge)
Jay Rayner (Judge)

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I'm looking forward to this.

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Oooh, can't wait to see this! I was disappointed that John Besh didn't win The Next Iron Chef competition, so hope to see him do well here.

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so what is this? top chef but with chefs people have heard of?

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I'm pulling for Bayless.

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Premieres June 10th if anyone is curious.

Gonna miss seeing Padma for 1 cycle. Hopefully Top Chef will come back in the Fall.

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They are filming in Vegas right now. I'm 99% certain.

Toby is in Vegas, his family just joined him, so he's not there for a trip.

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It's Top Chef with chefs that can actually cook.-wink- It'll be interesting to see the judges bashing the cuisine of serious chefs. I'll be rooting for Besh.

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Wow is that a stacked field. Rooting for Besh but I can't wait to see what Wylie pulls out of his hat. Would liked to have seen Colicchio actually be a contestant since he isn't a judge.

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Yes Tom as a contestant would have been good but i understand why he wouldn't want to put himself on the line

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bumping thread it start tonight.

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awesome !

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Was a great ep.

Loved the clips of Hubert doing dj, and the first set of judges were awesome! The redhead!

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Excellent first episode.

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I really enjoyed last night's episode. I liked the fact that the hallmark drama that is rampant in the other Top Chef seasons is at a minimum for Masters.

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Nice that they had the challenge in the dorm rooms of Pomona. Hubert Keller definitely deserved to win with that macaroni.

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You know that these guys are Masters when they get to roll in a Lexus instead of a RAV4.:)

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I'm not too keen on the way they give the stars...

4 3 2 1, so you know who will win, and telling the chefs to pack their knives was silly.

Hubert seemed way ahead of the others, I liked the Texas guy's attitude.

Looking forward to the rest of the season

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I'm stoked about this!

I'm pulling for Besh (love his place in LA).

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no Padma = NO SALE.

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Kelly Choi is no Padma that's for sure, but we do have Gail!

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:shrug:


I wouldn't kick her out of the sack for eating crackers.

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this series will be all about the cooking. Even if there were some incidents, i cant see them putting them on air because in this case, it is affecting someones business and everyone is doing it for charity

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i thought it was ok. i would have preferred it to be like the real top chef though with the same contestants all season.

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Indeed. She certainly got me into Hardee's (though more because I love the Bacon Western Thickburger and it isn't part of their normal menu like it is at Carl's Jr.)

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