May 2008
2 posts
On Top Chef: Chicago Locales
If Top Chef is the foodie Superbowl, then Hell’s Kitchen is Roller Derby and Next Food Network Star is like watching Olympic curling. Bravo has somehow, through its fabulous charms, made the most legitimate of cooking competition shows, attracting real talent and using none of the gross-out gimmicks of Gordon Ramsey’s program. As for this season, I’m surprised that TWO hipster...
New Yorker Profile of Grant Achatz and his mouth... →