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TexasLady:
The season premieres April 7, 11/10 C time on Bravo.


Top Chef Masters Season 2

Bravo's highest-rated first season competition series, Top Chef Masters is back for Season 2. Once again the judges' table will be turned, and viewers will see what happens when world-renowned chefs compete against each other in a series of weekly challenges and revert back to basics. Only one chef will make it to the finals to compete for the title of "Top Chef Master" and a prize for the charity of their choice.

Food journalist Kelly Choi returns as series' host, alongside renowned restaurant critic Gael Greene, culinary expert James Oseland and food critic Jay Rayner who are all back on the Critics' Table. Top Chef series judge Gail Simmons will also serve as a judge this season on Top Chef Masters.

Each episode of Top Chef Masters holds two challenges for the chefs. The first is a Quickfire Challenge which tests their basic abilities.  Each quickfire challenge will be judged by a blind taste test and a five-star system, similar to fine dining reviews.

The second challenge is a more involved Elimination Challenge designed to test the versatility and invention of the chefs as they take on unique culinary trials such as working with unusual and exotic foods or catering for demanding clients. The food will be tasted and evaluated by the judges and a wide range of tasters for whom the challenge is aimed, whether it is patrons at a five-star restaurant or a room full of hungry kids – the food has to appeal to the diner as well as the critics if the chef is to survive.

Source: http://www.bravotv.com/top-chef-masters/season-2/about

apskip:
TopChef Masters 1 was really interesting.  Hosting by Kelly Choi is low-key. The personalities of the competing master chefs, who are almost all very gregarious and outgoing and interested in marketing themselves and their restaurants, come out better than any other chef competition reality show. I plan watch and write about each episode on this thread.

TexasLady:

--- Quote from: apskip on March 19, 2010, 08:56:53 AM ---TopChef Masters 1 was really interesting.  Hosting by Kelly Choi is low-key. The personalities of the competing master chefs, who are almost all very gregarious and outgoing and interested in marketing themselves and their restaurants, come out better than any other chef competition reality show. I plan watch and write about each episode on this thread.

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Excellent!!   :hearts:

apskip:
Here is the latest on Top Chef Masters 2:

Among the 22 competitors are six returning chefs from Top Chef Masters 1:
Graham Elliot Bowles
Wylie Dufresne
Ludo Lefebvre
Rick Moonen
Mark Peel
Jonathan Waxman

Here's the entire list of master chefs competing:
Jody Adams - Rialto Restaurant, Cambridge, Mass.
Govind Armstrong - 8 oz Burger Bar, Los Angeles, Calif.
Graham Elliot Bowles - Graham Elliot Restaurant, Chicago, Ill.
Jimmy Bradley - The Red Cat, New York, N.Y.
David Burke - David Burke Townhouse, New York, N.Y.
Wylie Dufresne - wd~50, New York, N.Y.
Susan Feniger - Street, Los Angeles, Calif.
Debbie Gold - The American Restaurant, Kansas City, Mo.
Carmen Gonzalez - Chef Consultant, New York, N.Y.
Maria Hines - Tilth, Seattle, Wash.
Susur Lee - Madeline's, Toronto, Canada
Ludo Lefebvre - Ludo Bites, Los Angeles, Calif.
Tony Mantuano - Spiaggia, Chicago, Ill.
Rick Moonen - Rick Moonen's RM Seafood at Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas, Nev.
Mark Peel - Campanile, Los Angeles, Calif.
Monica Pope - t'afla, Houston, Texas
Thierry Rautureau - Rover's, Seattle, Wash.
Marcus Samuelsson - The Red Rooster, New York, N.Y.
Ana Sortun - Oleana, Cambridge, Mass.
Rick Tramonto - TRU, Chicago, Ill.
Jerry Traunfeld - Poppy, Seattle, Wash.
Jonathan Waxman - Barbuto, New York, N.Y

Among the changes for this season of Top Chef Masters is Food and Wine Magazine's Gail Simmons transitioning to a regular spot as judge, alongside returning Gael Greene, James Oseland, and Jay Rayner, and host Kelly Choi. Among the guest stars and judges, meanwhile, Mekhi Phifer, Matt Groening, Hank Azaria, Andrew Zimmerman, Jason Lezak, Lynne Curtin, Alexis Bellino, Tamra Barney, and the cast of Modern Family.

I find the list of master chefs not very inspiring, the list of judges OK (they all did a reasonable job in TCM1) and the guest stars and judges totally undistinguished. Where are the culinary experts in the judge list?

Top Chef Masters season 2 premieres April 7 at 11pm before moving into its regular 10pm spot the following week. I predict it will probably be a good season but not as scintillating as Season 1 was.

TexasLady:
I just wonder, will they have to cook in a dorm room again?  :lol:

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