• Bravo becoming Bravo Media, launching talent and licensing divisions

  June 15, 2007
  Bravo, which was previously formally known as Bravo Company, has announced it is changing its official name to Bravo Media and will launch new talent, licensing and publishing divisions to help the cable network broaden its programming focus and become a new global, multimedia content company.
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  Bravo reveals its 'Top Chef 3' cast, series to premiere June 13

  May 9, 2007
  Bravo has revealed the identies of the 15 up-and-coming culinary wizards who will compete on Top Chef's third season, which will premiere Wednesday, June 13 at 10PM ET/PT but be proceeded by a special hour-long charity cook-off that will pit previous Top Chef contestants against one another and air a week earlier.
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  Bravo announces 'Top Chef 3' to premiere this summer, film in Miami

  April 11, 2007
  Bravo has announced Top Chef's third season will premiere this summer and feature a new cast of would-be culinary experts competing against each other in Miami Beach, FL.
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  'Top Chef 2' winner Ilan Hall and his mom go on the offensive

  February 13, 2007
  According to Top Chef 2 winner Ilan Hall, the show's editing is to blame for the less-than-flattering impression and bad aftertaste the 24-year-old chef left on many of the culinary competition's home viewers.  And if you don't believe him, then just listen to his mom.
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  'Top Chef 2' runner-up Marcel Vigneron talks about his experience

  February 2, 2007
  Although he came up short in his attempt to be crowned the reality competition's winner, Marcel Vigneron describes his experience on the second season of Bravo's Top Chef as "a little bit bizarre, very interesting, and all in all, just a wonderful opportunity."
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  Ilan Hall beats Marcel Vigneron to become 'Top Chef 2' champion

  February 1, 2007
  Despite Food & Wine's public statement claiming otherwise, the magazine's website spoiler apparently had it right all along, as 24-year-old Ilan Hall was named the winner of the second season of Bravo's Top Chef on Wednesday night, besting the culinary skills of 26-year-old Marcel Vigneron in the show's finale.

• Bravo's 'Top Chef 2' winner prematurely revealed by 'Food & Wine?'

  January 30, 2007
  Has Food & Wine magazine, one of Top Chef's sponsors, inadvertently revealed the reality show's second season winner by posting an interview with one of the culinary competition's two remaining finalists on its website on Monday afternoon -- two days before Top Chef 2's conclusion is scheduled to air on Bravo?
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  'Top Chef 2' finalist Marcel Vigneron assaulted by a show viewer

  January 23, 2007
  Reality television contestant isn't a very dangerous job -- unless of course your televised antics don't sit too well with viewers.

• Marcel Vigneron describes 'Top Chef 2's hair-raising incident

  January 22, 2007
  Last week's broadcast of Bravo's Top Chef 2 got a taste of The Real World last Wednesday when 26-year-old Marcel Vigneron was wrestled from sleep by three of his fellow culinary-competition contestants for a quick head shave.

• 'Top Chef' host Padma Lakshmi not so hot with season two contestants

  January 17, 2007
  Could it be one and done for Top Chef host Padma Lakshmi?

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