The network has announced that the original Top Chef judge and new Top Chef Masters judge will also serve as host for Top Chef: Just Desserts, a new spinoff of the culinary competition series that will follow pastry chefs as they compete against each other in a series of confectionary-themed challenges.
Simmons -- who has been a Top Chef judge since it premiered in 2006 -- was tapped to serve as a Top Chef Masters' second-season judge in October.
Top Chef Masters' second season will premiere on Wednesday, April 7 at 11PM ET/PT and once again pit critically-acclaimed chefs against each other in a tournament-style competition.
Bravo ordered Top Chef: Just Desserts and renewedTop Chef for a seventh season in October.
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