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Kc103
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07-13-2004

Tuesday, June 09, 2009 - 12:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kc103 a private message Print Post    
Top Chef Masters starts this Wednesday night, June 10th, at 9:00 CST.

http://www.bravotv.com/top-chef-masters

Lexie_girl
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07-30-2004

Tuesday, June 09, 2009 - 12:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lexie_girl a private message Print Post    
I hope I love this is as much as I love Top Chef.

I was very disappointed in The Fashion Show. I was hoping it would hold me over until PR starts up on Lifetime, but one episode of The Fashion Show was too slow and couldn't hold my interest.

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Tuesday, June 09, 2009 - 1:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
Fashion Show isn't PR. I'm enjoying it tho becuz I like the runway aspect and I think the clothes are more real and wearable.

Kc103
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07-13-2004

Tuesday, June 09, 2009 - 3:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kc103 a private message Print Post    
I know Lexie_girl. I tried Fashion Show once, but couldn't get into it. I'm hoping that I like this show.

Tntitanfan
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08-03-2001

Tuesday, June 09, 2009 - 4:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tntitanfan a private message Print Post    
I am fully prepared to LOVE this show!

Lexie_girl
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07-30-2004

Wednesday, June 10, 2009 - 3:31 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lexie_girl a private message Print Post    
TN, I have very high hopes for this show. I'm all about the food, I try to be "one with the food," and I embrace food.

Tntitanfan
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08-03-2001

Wednesday, June 10, 2009 - 4:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tntitanfan a private message Print Post    
I have my VCR set in case I nod off! No way am I missing this! I am excited to meet the chefs as I THINK I recognized a couple!

Landileigh
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07-29-2002

Wednesday, June 10, 2009 - 4:48 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Landileigh a private message Print Post    
i'm rooting for Cindy Palcwyn or Michael Chiarello as their charity is Clinic Ole of the Napa Valley

Tntitanfan
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08-03-2001

Wednesday, June 10, 2009 - 4:54 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tntitanfan a private message Print Post    
What does Clinic Ole support, Landi?

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Wednesday, June 10, 2009 - 5:08 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
I'd root for Chiarello if I liked him more. I just don't like the man. Something about his ginormous ego...

Beth4freedom
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10-24-2003

Wednesday, June 10, 2009 - 5:59 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Beth4freedom a private message Print Post    
Rooting for Chef Elizabeth Falkner and her "Edible Schoolyard" charity. I visited http://www.edibleschoolyard.org/
and it looks fascinating.

I was surprised I didn't recognize more of the Chefs--and I wondered if Tom Colicchio himself would be a contestant (he's not). The one that stands out for me is Wylie Dufresne, who does those "potion"-type recipes that I think it was Marcel was famous for. Wylie has been on Top Chef and stood out for me when he was.

Landileigh
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07-29-2002

Wednesday, June 10, 2009 - 7:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Landileigh a private message Print Post    
Costa... he is an A$$, i've known him for years, and he hasn't changed a bit. Clinic Ole is the only help for people without health insurance in the Napa Valley

Beth4freedom
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10-24-2003

Wednesday, June 10, 2009 - 7:25 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Beth4freedom a private message Print Post    
Tim Love (Western), Hubert Keller (French chef who has achieved "lifetime achievement award"), Michael Schlow (Boston), Christopher Lee (New York) were the four featured tonight.

Actually, so far I would give this show 5 stars!
Moved fast, interesting challenges, and a panel of food critics who don't tear things apart, but are realistic in their ratings.

I loved both challenges:
1.) Quick-fire, creative dessert for 4 girl scouts. Chef Hubert's swan and mouse dish was definitely a winner on so many levels--evidently taste-wise, but also visually and creatively. Wow.

2.) Cook a three-course dinner in a dorm room using only microwave, hot plate, toaster oven. I think only one chef used the microwave--Tim Love, who defrosted the food he accidentally froze overnight in freezer than looked like a fridge.

Chef Hubert wins, and gets to go to finals.

Evidently they will feature 4 chefs each week for 6 weeks, each winner gets $10,000 for their charity plus chance to compete in finals.

This is how you do a good show.

Carlpsmom
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01-03-2004

Wednesday, June 10, 2009 - 7:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Carlpsmom a private message Print Post    
I am so glad I came here before I finished watching. lol For some reason I do not care for Chef Keller so won't waste my time watching the rest. Thanks!!

Reader234
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08-13-2000

Wednesday, June 10, 2009 - 8:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Reader234 a private message Print Post    
OK now tell me - how do you know what chefs will appear and what charities they are representing - I see a picture of Art Smith (Chicago - formerly known as Oprah's Chef! oh and Obama went to his restaurant!!)

and why do I know Elizabeth Faulkner? Was she on a Food Network Challenge? Iron Chef America?

time to google!

Reader234
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08-13-2000

Wednesday, June 10, 2009 - 8:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Reader234 a private message Print Post    
OK now tell me - how do you know what chefs will appear and what charities they are representing - I see a picture of Art Smith (Chicago - formerly known as Oprah's Chef! oh and Obama went to his restaurant!!)

and why do I know Elizabeth Faulkner? Was she on a Food Network Challenge? Iron Chef America?

time to google!

Teachmichigan
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07-22-2001

Wednesday, June 10, 2009 - 8:21 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Teachmichigan a private message Print Post    
Loved it tonight! The four chefs were all such good sports, and you could tell they truly appreciated the stress and strain the regular contestants undergo, even though the masters were only in 2 challenges. My favorite - the Girl Scout critics! They were a tough crowd, but the chefs took their critiques with great humility and dignity.

Beth4freedom
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10-24-2003

Wednesday, June 10, 2009 - 8:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Beth4freedom a private message Print Post    
I don't know how you can know who's on each week in advance, but to find the charities they represent, go to
http://www.bravotv.com/top-chef-masters/season-1/bios
If you click on each individual bio, at the bottom it will show their charity.

Pinkij
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05-02-2008

Wednesday, June 10, 2009 - 9:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pinkij a private message Print Post    
You can look in the schedule on bravotv.com and go to the day its on it shows who is going to be on next week. next week the chefs are Wylie Dufresne (wd-50), Suzanne Tracht (Jar), Graham Elliot Bowles (Graham Elliot Restaurant) and Elizabeth Falkner (Orson).

Panda
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07-15-2005

Thursday, June 11, 2009 - 2:32 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Panda a private message Print Post    
I missed the Girl Scout challenge but saw the dorm room one. All chefs seemed pretty likeable.

I just went to the bravo site and I knew the host looked familiar! I have seen her Eat Out NY and Secrets of NY on NYC tv- I didn't even know they were emmy winners!

Lexie_girl
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07-30-2004

Thursday, June 11, 2009 - 3:58 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lexie_girl a private message Print Post    
I looooooooooooove this show!!!! I love how the Masters have to do challenges based on what the cheftestants did in the previous five seasons. I love hearing my Top Chef theme knife-music thingy for the Quickfire and Elimination challenges. I loooooooooooooove this show!!!

Beth4freedom
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10-24-2003

Thursday, June 11, 2009 - 4:03 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Beth4freedom a private message Print Post    
Anyone notice: while the "regular" top chef contestants have to wait in a bare-bones "stew room" while endlessly awaiting the verdict, the four "master chefs" seem to be sitting down to a table (with wine?) in a very pleasantly decorated dining room.

Lexie_girl
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07-30-2004

Thursday, June 11, 2009 - 4:06 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lexie_girl a private message Print Post    
Yeah, but they have liquor (or at least beer and wine) in the stew room. I read that the judges can take up to six hours to make a decision.

Who was the chef that got drunk in the stew room last season while they were waiting for the judges' decision?

Panda
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07-15-2005

Thursday, June 11, 2009 - 4:13 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Panda a private message Print Post    
Lexie I was excited to hear the music too! LOL How funny that I thought of that when I turned it on.

Teachmichigan
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07-22-2001

Thursday, June 11, 2009 - 6:11 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Teachmichigan a private message Print Post    
Best line in a blog: Jay Rayner's comment upon having only an hour to get to know the other judges because of travel difficulties, "the dame in the hat, the skinny guy in the V neck - and of course,Kelly Choi, who immediately struck me as way too thin for a show like this."

The video blogs and regular blogs are, as usual, another fun dimension to my favorite reality show.