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Top Chef will be tackling Wisconsin cuisine for its 21st season.]]> https://www.realitytvworld.com/news/top-chef-tackling-wisconsin-cuisine-for-season-21-1073813.php rtvw-news-top-chef-tackling-wisconsin-cuisine-for-season-21-1073813 Fri, 09 Feb 2024 18:21:20 -0500

Padma Lakshmi says Season 20 of Top Chef will be her last.]]> https://www.realitytvworld.com/news/padma-lakshmi-leaving-top-chef-after-17-years-1073791.php rtvw-news-padma-lakshmi-leaving-top-chef-after-17-years-1073791 Sat, 03 Jun 2023 22:03:35 -0400

Top Chef Season 20 will be premiering on Bravo in March.]]> https://www.realitytvworld.com/news/top-chef-world-all-stars-premiering-on-bravo-in-march-1073760.php rtvw-news-top-chef-world-all-stars-premiering-on-bravo-in-march-1073760 Fri, 03 Feb 2023 16:39:05 -0500

Top Chef host Padma Lakshmi explored abuse and pain in an open letter to her younger self.]]> https://www.realitytvworld.com/news/top-chef-host-padma-lakshmi-explores-abuse-pain-in-open-letter-1070423.php rtvw-news-top-chef-host-padma-lakshmi-explores-abuse-pain-in-open-letter-1070423 Sat, 16 Mar 2019 19:52:18 -0400

Padma Lakshmi says late Top Chef contestant Fatima Ali changed her life forever.]]> https://www.realitytvworld.com/news/padma-lakshmi-honors-late-top-chef-contestant-fatima-ali-in-new-essay-1069926.php rtvw-news-padma-lakshmi-honors-late-top-chef-contestant-fatima-ali-in-new-essay-1069926 Wed, 30 Jan 2019 16:01:55 -0500

Top Chef star Fatima Ali has sadly passed away at the young age of 29. ]]> Elizabeth Kwiatkowski https://www.realitytvworld.com/news/top-chef-alum-fatima-ali-dies-from-her-cancer-at-age-29-25267.php rtvw-news-top-chef-alum-fatima-ali-dies-from-her-cancer-at-age-29-25267 Fri, 25 Jan 2019 22:36:39 -0500

Top Chef is racing to Kentucky with 15 new "cheftestants" when Season 16 premieres in early December. ]]> Elizabeth Kwiatkowski https://www.realitytvworld.com/news/top-chef-season-16-cast-and-premiere-date-announced-by-bravo-24792.php rtvw-news-top-chef-season-16-cast-and-premiere-date-announced-by-bravo-24792 Mon, 22 Oct 2018 13:59:25 -0400

Top Chef judge Gail Simmons is a mother of two.]]> https://www.realitytvworld.com/news/top-chef-judge-gail-simmons-gives-birth-son-1066172.php rtvw-news-top-chef-judge-gail-simmons-gives-birth-son-1066172 Tue, 29 May 2018 10:59:37 -0400

Padma Lakshmi is showing her support for a Top Chef contestant with cancer.]]> https://www.realitytvworld.com/news/padma-lakshmi-supports-top-chef-contestant-fatima-ali-amid-cancer-battle-1063203.php rtvw-news-padma-lakshmi-supports-top-chef-contestant-fatima-ali-amid-cancer-battle-1063203 Wed, 17 Jan 2018 11:59:45 -0500

Top Chef judge Gail Simmons has a little bun in the oven. ]]> Elizabeth Kwiatkowski https://www.realitytvworld.com/news/top-chef-judge-gail-simmons-is-pregnant-again-23175.php rtvw-news-top-chef-judge-gail-simmons-is-pregnant-again-23175 Mon, 04 Dec 2017 15:04:03 -0500

Four men of Teamsters Union Local 25 in New England were found not guilty Tuesday of trying to extort the cast and crew of Top Chef in 2014.]]> https://www.realitytvworld.com/news/boston-teamsters-found-not-guilty-in-top-chef-trial-1059032.php rtvw-news-boston-teamsters-found-not-guilty-in-top-chef-trial-1059032 Thu, 17 Aug 2017 10:33:01 -0400

Top Chef star Padma Lakshmi is expected to testify in the competition series' trial against four Boston Teamsters that has gotten underway.]]> https://www.realitytvworld.com/news/padma-lakshmi-may-testify-in-top-chef-boston-teamsters-trial-1058581.php rtvw-news-padma-lakshmi-may-testify-in-top-chef-boston-teamsters-trial-1058581 Wed, 02 Aug 2017 12:55:12 -0400

Top Chef isn't going anywhere. ]]> Elizabeth Kwiatkowski https://www.realitytvworld.com/news/top-chef-renewed-for-season-15-by-bravo-casting-already-underway-21339.php rtvw-news-top-chef-renewed-for-season-15-by-bravo-casting-already-underway-21339 Mon, 30 Jan 2017 11:37:10 -0500

Top Chef: Texas winner Paul Qui was arrested for allegedly assaulting his girlfriend of one year. ]]> Elizabeth Kwiatkowski https://www.realitytvworld.com/news/top-chef-texas-winner-paul-qui-arrested-for-allegedly-assaulting-girlfriend-during-house-party-19487.php rtvw-news-top-chef-texas-winner-paul-qui-arrested-for-allegedly-assaulting-girlfriend-during-house-party-19487 Tue, 22 Mar 2016 09:55:07 -0400

Top Chef crowned Jeremy Ford its thirteenth-season winner during Thursday night's finale on Bravo. ]]> Elizabeth Kwiatkowski https://www.realitytvworld.com/news/top-chef-crowns-jeremy-ford-winner-over-runner-up-amar-santana--19486.php rtvw-news-top-chef-crowns-jeremy-ford-winner-over-runner-up-amar-santana--19486 Fri, 18 Mar 2016 07:03:56 -0400

Padma Lakshmi admits there was a period of time when she didn't know whom the biological father of her child was. ]]> Elizabeth Kwiatkowski https://www.realitytvworld.com/news/padma-lakshmi-i-didnt-know-who-was-father-of-my-baby-19414.php rtvw-news-padma-lakshmi-i-didnt-know-who-was-father-of-my-baby-19414 Tue, 08 Mar 2016 15:24:19 -0500

Top Chef is returning to its roots in California with 17 new "cheftestants" when Season 13 premieres in early December. ]]> Elizabeth Kwiatkowski https://www.realitytvworld.com/news/top-chef-thirteenth-season-premiere-december-2-with-17-new-cheftestants-18708.php rtvw-news-top-chef-thirteenth-season-premiere-december-2-with-17-new-cheftestants-18708 Fri, 23 Oct 2015 00:57:14 -0400

Top Chef's thirteenth season will be hitting the road again and traveling through California. ]]> Elizabeth Kwiatkowski https://www.realitytvworld.com/news/top-chef-returning-with-thirteenth-season-set-in-california-this-fall-17773.php rtvw-news-top-chef-returning-with-thirteenth-season-set-in-california-this-fall-17773 Wed, 15 Apr 2015 11:53:23 -0400

Top Chef contestant Aaron Grissom was taken into custody for a felony. ]]> Elizabeth Kwiatkowski https://www.realitytvworld.com/news/top-chef-contestant-aaron-grissom-gets-arrested-for-domestic-violence-17024.php rtvw-news-top-chef-contestant-aaron-grissom-gets-arrested-for-domestic-violence-17024 Fri, 07 Nov 2014 10:51:32 -0500

Top Chef star Padma Lakshmi has reportedly cooked up a break up. ]]> Elizabeth Kwiatkowski https://www.realitytvworld.com/news/top-chef-host-padma-lakshmi-and-richard-gere-reportedly-call-it-quits-on-their-relationship-16921.php rtvw-news-top-chef-host-padma-lakshmi-and-richard-gere-reportedly-call-it-quits-on-their-relationship-16921 Tue, 14 Oct 2014 12:34:39 -0400

Bravo has revealed the identities of the 16 "chef'testants" who will be competing on Top Chef's twelfth season, which will premiere on Wednesday, October 15 at 10PM ET/PT. ]]> Elizabeth Kwiatkowski https://www.realitytvworld.com/news/top-chef-twelfth-season-cheftestants-and-premiere-date-revealed-by-bravo-16680.php rtvw-news-top-chef-twelfth-season-cheftestants-and-premiere-date-revealed-by-bravo-16680 Thu, 21 Aug 2014 16:00:55 -0400

Top Chef will soon get cooking in Boston. ]]> Elizabeth Kwiatkowski https://www.realitytvworld.com/news/top-chef-twelfth-season-will-film-in-boston-bravo-announces-16257.php rtvw-news-top-chef-twelfth-season-will-film-in-boston-bravo-announces-16257 Thu, 01 May 2014 13:16:41 -0400

Gail Simmons and her husband Jeremy Abrams have welcomed a baby girl into the world. ]]> Elizabeth Kwiatkowski https://www.realitytvworld.com/news/top-chef-judge-gail-simmons-and-husband-jeremy-abrams-welcome-their-first-child-15738.php rtvw-news-top-chef-judge-gail-simmons-and-husband-jeremy-abrams-welcome-their-first-child-15738 Thu, 02 Jan 2014 15:03:50 -0500

Gail Simmons has announced she's going to be a mom. ]]> Elizabeth Kwiatkowski https://www.realitytvworld.com/news/gail-simmons-and-husband-jeremy-abrams-expecting-first-child-15048.php rtvw-news-gail-simmons-and-husband-jeremy-abrams-expecting-first-child-15048 Wed, 17 Jul 2013 12:42:16 -0400 Elizabeth Kwiatkowski https://www.realitytvworld.com/news/ted-allen-gets-engaged-longtime-partner-barry-rice-14995.php rtvw-news-ted-allen-gets-engaged-longtime-partner-barry-rice-14995 Fri, 28 Jun 2013 01:09:10 -0400

Top Chef will be rolling on for Season 11. ]]> Elizabeth Kwiatkowski https://www.realitytvworld.com/news/top-chef-renewed-for-eleventh-season-by-bravo-casting-calls-announced-14394.php rtvw-news-top-chef-renewed-for-eleventh-season-by-bravo-casting-calls-announced-14394 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 12:17:27 -0500

Bravo has revealed the identities of the 21 chefs who will be competing on Top Chef: Seattle and announced the tenth Top Chef edition will premiere Wednesday, November 7 at 10PM ET/PT. ]]> Elizabeth Kwiatkowski https://www.realitytvworld.com/news/top-chef-seattle-cast-announced-by-bravo-season-debut-november-7-13875.php rtvw-news-top-chef-seattle-cast-announced-by-bravo-season-debut-november-7-13875 Wed, 19 Sep 2012 12:15:38 -0400

Bravo has announced it has renewed Top Chef for a tenth season and is launching casting calls for the reality culinary competition's new edition. ]]> Elizabeth Kwiatkowski https://www.realitytvworld.com/news/bravo-renews-top-chef-for-tenth-season-announces-casting-calls-13111.php rtvw-news-bravo-renews-top-chef-for-tenth-season-announces-casting-calls-13111 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:20:53 -0500

Bravo has revealed the identities of the 29 chefs who will be competing on the reality cooking competition Top Chef: Texas, which will premiere on Wednesday, November 2 at 10PM ET/PT. ]]> Elizabeth Kwiatkowski https://www.realitytvworld.com/news/bravo-announces-top-chef-texas-cast-series-debut-november-2-13099.php rtvw-news-bravo-announces-top-chef-texas-cast-series-debut-november-2-13099 Wed, 21 Sep 2011 17:28:25 -0400

Top Chef star Tom Colicchio and his wife are going to have to start setting another plate at their dinner table. ]]> Elizabeth Kwiatkowski https://www.realitytvworld.com/news/top-chef-star-tom-colicchio-and-wife-lori-silverbush-have-baby-boy-12099.php rtvw-news-top-chef-star-tom-colicchio-and-wife-lori-silverbush-have-baby-boy-12099 Wed, 23 Mar 2011 02:06:09 -0400

U.S. celebrity chef Richard Blais said he and his wife Jazmin are the parents of a new baby daughter.]]> https://www.realitytvworld.com/news/top-chef-all-star-richard-blais-and-wife-jazmin-have-baby-girl-1021989.php rtvw-news-top-chef-all-star-richard-blais-and-wife-jazmin-have-baby-girl-1021989 Sun, 06 Feb 2011 13:59:28 -0500

Top Chef star Padma Lakshmi is in a custody battle over her child. ]]> Elizabeth Kwiatkowski https://www.realitytvworld.com/news/top-chef-star-padma-lakshmi-embroiled-in-custody-battle-over-child-11932.php rtvw-news-top-chef-star-padma-lakshmi-embroiled-in-custody-battle-over-child-11932 Wed, 26 Jan 2011 13:32:22 -0500

Nikki Cascone and her husband have welcomed their first child into the world. ]]> Elizabeth Kwiatkowski https://www.realitytvworld.com/news/former-top-chef-contestant-nikki-cascone-and-husband-have-boy-11874.php rtvw-news-former-top-chef-contestant-nikki-cascone-and-husband-have-boy-11874 Mon, 10 Jan 2011 03:40:00 -0500

Bravo has confirmed Top Chef's next season will be an all-stars edition and revealed the identities of the competition's 18 returning contestants. ]]> Reality TV World staff https://www.realitytvworld.com/news/bravo-announces-top-chef-all-stars-cast-series-premiere-dec-1-11570.php rtvw-news-bravo-announces-top-chef-all-stars-cast-series-premiere-dec-1-11570 Thu, 23 Sep 2010 15:23:19 -0400

Kevin Sbraga was crowned Top Chef: D.C.'s winner during last night's finale broadcast of the Bravo culinary competition's seventh season. ]]> Reality TV World staff https://www.realitytvworld.com/news/kevin-sbraga-wins-top-chef-dc-bests-ed-cotton-and-angelo-sosa-11552.php rtvw-news-kevin-sbraga-wins-top-chef-dc-bests-ed-cotton-and-angelo-sosa-11552 Thu, 16 Sep 2010 11:26:15 -0400

The man who won the first "Top Chef" competition has married an Atlanta woman he met as a result of the show, People magazine says.]]> https://www.realitytvworld.com/news/original-top-chef-winner-harold-dieterle-marries-fellow-foodie-1019339.php rtvw-news-original-top-chef-winner-harold-dieterle-marries-fellow-foodie-1019339 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 09:42:12 -0400

Top Chef has ended The Amazing Race's seven-year Emmy victory streak. ]]> Reality TV World staff https://www.realitytvworld.com/news/top-chef-wins-emmy-award-ends-the-amazing-race-win-streak-11492.php rtvw-news-top-chef-wins-emmy-award-ends-the-amazing-race-win-streak-11492 Mon, 30 Aug 2010 11:27:44 -0400 https://www.realitytvworld.com/news/top-chef-contestant-timothy-dean-restaurant-set-be-auctioned-1018863.php rtvw-news-top-chef-contestant-timothy-dean-restaurant-set-be-auctioned-1018863 Mon, 09 Aug 2010 23:32:40 -0400

Bravo has revealed the judging panel 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. ]]> Christopher Rocchio https://www.realitytvworld.com/news/bravo-reveals-judging-panel-for-new-top-chef-just-desserts-spinoff-11289.php rtvw-news-bravo-reveals-judging-panel-for-new-top-chef-just-desserts-spinoff-11289 Thu, 01 Jul 2010 12:04:50 -0400

Bravo has revealed the identities of the 17 culinary contestants competing on Top Chef: Washington, D.C., which will premiere Wednesday, June 16 at 9PM ET/PT. ]]> Christopher Rocchio https://www.realitytvworld.com/news/bravo-debut-top-chef-dc-on-june-16-eric-ripert-new-judge-10931.php rtvw-news-bravo-debut-top-chef-dc-on-june-16-eric-ripert-new-judge-10931 Thu, 13 May 2010 16:16:02 -0400

'Top Chef' judge Tom Colicchio named top U.S. chef by James Beard   ]]> Steve Rogers https://www.realitytvworld.com/news/top-chef-judge-tom-colicchio-named-top-us-chef-by-james-beard--10882.php rtvw-news-top-chef-judge-tom-colicchio-named-top-us-chef-by-james-beard--10882 Tue, 04 May 2010 10:43:52 -0400

Venture capitalist Adam Dell is the father of television personality Padma Lakshmi's newborn daughter, a source close to Lakshmi told the New York Daily News.]]> https://www.realitytvworld.com/news/report-adam-dell-father-of-top-chef-host-padma-lakshmi-baby-1017585.php rtvw-news-report-adam-dell-father-of-top-chef-host-padma-lakshmi-baby-1017585 Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:47:55 -0400

Top Chef is reportedly going to Washington D.C. for its next season. ]]> Reality TV World staff https://www.realitytvworld.com/news/report-bravo-film-seventh-season-of-top-chef-in-washington-dc-10580.php rtvw-news-report-bravo-film-seventh-season-of-top-chef-in-washington-dc-10580 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:26:01 -0500

Top Chef host Padma Lakshmi has become a mom. ]]> Reality TV World staff https://www.realitytvworld.com/news/top-chef-host-padma-lakshmi-has-baby-girl-named-krishna-thea-10457.php rtvw-news-top-chef-host-padma-lakshmi-has-baby-girl-named-krishna-thea-10457 Mon, 22 Feb 2010 14:30:13 -0500

Gail Simmons is pulling triple duty for Bravo. ]]> Christopher Rocchio https://www.realitytvworld.com/news/top-chef-judge-gail-simmons-host-new-just-desserts-spinoff-10202.php rtvw-news-top-chef-judge-gail-simmons-host-new-just-desserts-spinoff-10202 Mon, 11 Jan 2010 11:09:29 -0500

Michael Voltaggio was crowned Top Chef: Las Vegas' winner during last night's finale broadcast of the Bravo culinary competition series. ]]> Christopher Rocchio https://www.realitytvworld.com/news/michael-voltaggio-wins-top-chef-las-vegas-title-beats-brother-bryan-10076.php rtvw-news-michael-voltaggio-wins-top-chef-las-vegas-title-beats-brother-bryan-10076 Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:45:47 -0500

Bravo announced it has ordered Top Chef: Just Desserts and has also begun casting for the new Top Chef spinoff. ]]> Christopher Rocchio https://www.realitytvworld.com/news/bravo-orders-top-chef-just-desserts-pastry-spinoff-begins-casting-9821.php rtvw-news-bravo-orders-top-chef-just-desserts-pastry-spinoff-begins-casting-9821 Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:05:42 -0400

Bravo has announced it has renewed Top Chef for a seventh season and is launching casting calls for the reality culinary competition's new edition. ]]> Reality TV World staff https://www.realitytvworld.com/news/bravo-renews-top-chef-for-seventh-season-announces-casting-tour-9681.php rtvw-news-bravo-renews-top-chef-for-seventh-season-announces-casting-tour-9681 Tue, 06 Oct 2009 12:19:13 -0400

Bravo has announced that it is developing three new reality series with The Real Housewives of New York City star Bethenny Frankel, Project Runway fourth-season winner Christian Siriano, and former Top Chef fifth-season finalist Fabio Viviani. ]]> Christopher Rocchio https://www.realitytvworld.com/news/bravo-doing-bethenny-frankel-christian-siriano-fabio-viviani-shows-9654.php rtvw-news-bravo-doing-bethenny-frankel-christian-siriano-fabio-viviani-shows-9654 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:56:16 -0400

Padma Lakshmi has a very special bun in the oven. ]]> Christopher Rocchio https://www.realitytvworld.com/news/top-chef-host-padma-lakshmi-pregnant-with-her-first-child-9648.php rtvw-news-top-chef-host-padma-lakshmi-pregnant-with-her-first-child-9648 Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:17:32 -0400