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Costacat
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07-15-2000

Wednesday, December 16, 2009 - 5:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
Well that totally sucks. And I'm not a fan of his wife's if she started proceedings while he was out of town and competing on a show.

Tntitanfan
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08-03-2001

Wednesday, December 16, 2009 - 6:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tntitanfan a private message Print Post    
I will have to go to the library to check out that link, but I am shocked!

Another six degrees of separation thing - Guy Fieri was in town recently with his road show. There was a young local chef that opened for him. Rumor has it that this local young man MAY be a contestant on Top Chef!

AND waaaaay OT, I take dance with a gal whose sister who lives in Memphis is a friend of the mother in the couple that adopted the young man in "Blindsided!"

Teachmichigan
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07-22-2001

Wednesday, December 16, 2009 - 11:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Teachmichigan a private message Print Post    
GRRRRRRRRRRR -- while I thoroughly enjoyed the reunion show tonight, I was ROYALLY peeved that they did not announce the fan favorite! They're announcing it tomorrow on the host's show (sorry - wasn't paying enough attention to him. Uumm, yeah. People have to work then. Seemed like a shameless ploy to drag Top Chef's viewers to his little chat time. Sorry, but I'll wait to read it online.

Reader234
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08-13-2000

Thursday, December 17, 2009 - 8:07 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Reader234 a private message Print Post    
the brothers were on the Bonnie Hunt show - cooking or making marshmellows!!

and they also were interviewed on WGN radio show (as that was posted earlier in this thread - I was able to listen to it!) I wonder...

http://www.wgnradio.com/shows/nickd/wgnam-nickd-uncut-podcast-091213f,0,3563285.mp3file

yep its on Nick Digilio's podcast page! Hope the link works!

Beth4freedom
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10-24-2003

Thursday, December 17, 2009 - 11:17 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Beth4freedom a private message Print Post    
I was also WAY annoyed that they did not announce fan favorite. And I don't really like Andy Cohen's chat/misc show.

Just heard an ad for edition of the "host's show" tonight at MIDNIGHT and it's expanding to an hour for the night. Usually it's a half hour, and I have found it a very annoying show, because it's so chopped up into small pieces, with a lot of the airtime when I have watched dominated by the various housewives. I have tried to watch before, and wasn't able to stick with it. Mixed feelings about trying to watch tonight: If it's an hour, will they really devote time to an interview with the fan favorite (hopefully Kevin)? Or will they just play leapfrog with games and phone-in questions and housewives interviews as per usual?

Aurora
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11-24-2006

Thursday, December 17, 2009 - 11:46 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Aurora a private message Print Post    
I won't be watching that show tonight either to see who got Fan Favorite. I wonder if they will show the announcement with the chefs present so we see their reaction?

I also didn't like how they were going to show unseen clips from the show on Launch My Line that followed the show. Clever way to boost the ratings of LML, but I didn't watch that either.

Beth4freedom
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10-24-2003

Thursday, December 17, 2009 - 11:59 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Beth4freedom a private message Print Post    
I am glad I didn't know this: "I also didn't like how they were going to show unseen clips from the show on Launch My Line that followed the show..."
GRRRR....

I evidently missed that announcement; glad I didn't hear it, because I had already decided not to watch "launch my line". I felt it would be such a come down, after really good finales by both Top Chef and So You Think You Can Dance.

Teachmichigan
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07-22-2001

Thursday, December 17, 2009 - 5:46 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Teachmichigan a private message Print Post    
I didn't watch LML either. I love TC, I'll watch whenever it's on, but I refuse to watch other shows that I'm not interested in simply to get a few tidbits about TC.

Beth4freedom
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10-24-2003

Thursday, December 17, 2009 - 9:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Beth4freedom a private message Print Post    
Well, I did tune in tonight to Andy Cohen's "Watch What's Happening" and suffered through the first 20 minutes til they made the announcement between 12:20 and 12:30. (I now know why I don't watch that show--even with Sarah Jessica Parker on, it didn't hold me, and I almost switched. Offensive sexual stuff, a lot of jumping around between answering questions (which sometimes got cut off) and pointless quizes and.....)

Anyway, 12:20 to 12:30 was worth watching. Andy explained that the reunion show was shot 6 weeks ago before fan favorite voting was completed. He said that's why it wasn't announced on the reunion. They had the 2 top fan vote getters on a "skype"-like setup from their restaurants tonight: it was Bryan and Kevin, who they said were actually close in fan votes, however Kevin did win. (Ironic that Bryan comes in a close second twice.)

Allietex
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08-16-2002

Friday, December 18, 2009 - 9:55 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Allietex a private message Print Post    
Love that Kevin won fan favorite. He was my favorite as a person, as well as one of the best chefs. This is one time I am not surprised by an outcome on a reality show.

Karuuna
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08-31-2000

Sunday, December 20, 2009 - 9:15 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Karuuna a private message Print Post    
I found it sad that Kevin and his wife had separated while he was still competing on the show. I do wonder if that effected Kevin's performance in the finale, although he wouldn't blame it on that. Glad he won fan favorite.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Sunday, December 20, 2009 - 12:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
I finally watched the finale and then went on to watch the reunion show only to find that my recordings on both DVRs of the second showing of the reunion show had been hijacked by TLC and were instead one of their new shows.. ACK. But at least I didn't miss seeing Kevin get fan favorite on that show (I didn't get to see it and I'm sure happy he did win it).

Kevin didn't blame it for his performance but said in that article that it affected his demeanor and he seems sorry for that.

YAY Kevin!

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Sunday, December 20, 2009 - 6:13 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Well good for my DVR.. it managed to record the reunion show today and I'm watching it and enjoying it.

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Monday, December 21, 2009 - 9:21 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
Stupid Bravo didn't record the reunion show last week and instead gave me the stoopid Launch My Line. And I've not been able to find a replay of the reunion show thru Weds. If anyone happens to know when it'll show let me know.

Meantime, I did finally watch the finale. All three of the finalists deserved to be there and while Kevin was my personal preference, it did look like he was out-cooked by the V bros. And knowing now about his personal situation, I feel badly for Kevin for having to work thru that while trying to create his best meal ever, and with a sous chef who should never have been allowed to be on this show! (Preeti? Really?)

Lexie_girl
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07-30-2004

Monday, December 21, 2009 - 10:12 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lexie_girl a private message Print Post    
Costa, the same thing happened to me. I set my DVR for a later airing of the reunion show last Wednesday night, and ended up with LML. I searched the grid and the reunion show is not going to be on anytime within the next week.

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Monday, December 21, 2009 - 10:42 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
Yup. So pfft to Bravo!!!

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Monday, December 21, 2009 - 12:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Oh Bravo, not TLC.. yeah.. I had conflicts with the first run of the finale/reunion and recorded the repeats and got the same thing.. that Launch my Line, which I deleted from both DVRs.

But yesterday, Sunday, my downstairs DVR recorded another airing of the Reunion and I got to see it. Great fun!!

Lexie_girl
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07-30-2004

Monday, December 21, 2009 - 3:16 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lexie_girl a private message Print Post    
Sea, I saw that it was airing yesterday afternoon and went out of my way to not watch it because I thought I had recorded it. My DVR is set to record only "new" shows.

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Tuesday, May 04, 2010 - 9:22 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
"Top Chef" judge Tom Colicchio passed a quickfire challenge of his own Monday when he was named the nation's top chef by the James Beard Foundation.

Colicchio, whose numerous restaurants include Craft, Craftsteak and the recently opened Colicchio & Sons in New York, was named outstanding chef during an awards ceremony that is considered the Oscars of the food world. It's an honor for which he'd been a finalist seven other times since 2002, the same year the organization named Craft the nation's best new restaurant.

Though Colicchio drew many accolades early in his career, he rose to prominence in 1994 when he and partner Danny Meyer opened Gramercy Tavern, which earned Colicchio three stars from The New York Times and several Beard awards, including best chef in New York City in 2000 and outstanding restaurant service in 2001.

Colicchio's cookbook, "Think Like a Chef," earned him a Beard cookbook award in 2001. More recently, he's become known for his role as the lead judge on the Bravo television series, "Top Chef."

The award for outstanding restaurant went to an equally epic name -- Daniel Boulud's Daniel restaurant in New York, one of only a handful to get four stars from The New York Times. Boulud, who has restaurants around the world and is known for his contemporary French cuisine, has won multiple previous Beard awards, including best restaurant service for Daniel in 2009 and outstanding chef in 1994.

The James Beard awards honor those who follow in the footsteps of Beard, considered the dean of American cooking when he died in 1985. The awards ceremony was held in New York, where the Beard Foundation is based.

This year's outstanding service award went to Chicago's Alinea, where chef-owner Grant Achatz is known for his ultramodern, often deconstructionist approach to cooking. He is considered at the forefront of the so-called molecular gastronomy movement. Achatz received the Beard Foundation's outstanding chef award in 2008.

The outstanding restaurateur award went to Keith McNally, whose New York restaurants include Balthazar, Minetta Tavern and Pastis. Best new restaurant went to chef Michael White's Marea, which serves the seafood-rich cuisines of Italy's coastal regions.

Rising star chef of the year went to Timothy Hollingsworth at Yountville, Calif.'s much-lauded The French Laundry.

The Beard Foundation also named its top regional chefs around the country, including Daniel Humm of Eleven Madison Park for New York City (considered a separate region) and Clark Frasier and Mark Gaier of Arrows in Ogunquit, Maine, for the Northeast.

Other regional winners were: Koren Grieveson of Avec in Chicago (Great Lakes region); Jeff Michaud of Osteria in Philadelphia (Mid-Atlantic); Alexander Roberts of Restaurant Alma in Minneapolis (Midwest); Jason Wilson of Crush in Seattle (Northwest); David Kinch of Manresa in Los Gatos, Calif. (Pacific); Michael Schwartz of Michael's Genuine Food & Drink in Miami (South); Sean Brock of McCrady's in Charleston, S.C. (Southeast); and Claude Le Tohic of Joel Robuchon at MGM Grand Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas (Southwest).

The organization's Lifetime Achievement award went to Ariane and Michael Batterberry, the founders of Food & Wine and Food Arts magazines.

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Dipo
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04-23-2002

Tuesday, May 04, 2010 - 11:28 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
Wow, that is impressive, does anyone know when the Borcuse D'Or is? I was just thinking about it. Oh, I guess I can google, LOL.

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Tuesday, May 04, 2010 - 11:51 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
Wow! Congrats to Tom and all the winners! Truly an impressive list and impressive company to be in!

Danzdol
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04-21-2001

Tuesday, May 11, 2010 - 9:09 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Danzdol a private message Print Post    
that's awesome! Tom is doing a demo cooking class at the local Publix Greenwise Apron's Cooking School here in my town on June 4th and I scored a ticket. I am SOOO excited to meet him and watch him in action!

Lexie_girl
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07-30-2004

Tuesday, May 11, 2010 - 9:40 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lexie_girl a private message Print Post    
Danz... that is going to be so awesome!!!

Danzdol
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04-21-2001

Tuesday, May 11, 2010 - 12:25 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Danzdol a private message Print Post    
I hope so. I was on a waiting list and they called me! I couldn't believe it. It's only seating for 48 people. He will be doing a demo. You eat what he is making and it's even paired with wine!!!! They will have his books and everything he is using on sale (of course) but at a discounted price and you can get your book signed as well. Sounds like an all around great time!!!!! Now if they would only call me with another spot so that I don't have to go alone and the hubby can go with me! fingers crossed!

Jasper
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09-14-2000

Wednesday, May 12, 2010 - 4:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jasper a private message Print Post    
More exciting news, for me anyways, we are getting a Top Chef Canada hosted my Mark McEwan, they are doing casting calls now.