Starring: Gail Simmons, Toby Young, Padma Lakshmi, Tom Colicchio
Executive Producer: Dave Serwatka
Network: Bravo
Airtime: Wednesday, 10:00pm EST

Top Chef is to most other culinary shows, Hell’s Kitchen for example, as fillet mignon is to hamburger. Airing on the suave Bravo network, home of such self-inflated pap as Inside the Actors Studio and the absurdly patronizing Queer Eye, Top Chef conducts itself with sheen and an air of superiority that suggests they don’t need some angry blond Glaswegian shouting and screaming obscenities.

Gathering together sixteen of the countries top culinary professionals, all of whom can cook, no question about that, the show then whittles them down one by one until we crown ourselves a Top Chef. This season features the backdrop of Las Vegas and challenges are themed around things such as gaming, with each quick fire challenge rewarding the victor with a casino chip worth $15,000. Like most high-end fine dining, the show is biased towards Nouvelle Cuisine, with the chefs taking the better part of two hours to prep and serves up dishes that your average person could demolish in two bites.

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