TV Recap

Top Chef Seattle Episode 1: The Ultimate Chef Test

We jump into the Seattlecentric season right away with a rousing trip to… uh, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, and Atlanta.

11/08/2012 By K.A. Skahan

It's Here!

Where to Watch Top Chef Seattle's Season Premiere Tonight

Brace yourself for local chef cameos, hyperedited drama, Hugh Acheson's unibrow, and plenty of Space Needle B roll. We can't wait.

11/07/2012 By Allecia Vermillion

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Top Chef's Padma Lakshmi Talks Seattle (and Rain) on Jimmy Fallon

“I’m very chill about the hurricane…all summer, that’s what I did.”

10/30/2012 By Allecia Vermillion

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T-Doug Throws a 'Top Chef' Viewing Party

The Seattle season is officially three weeks away. And Padma's outfits aren't going to discuss themselves.

10/17/2012 By Allecia Vermillion

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The 'Top Chef' Seattle Tease Continues

The locally shot season premieres November 7. Here are two video previews.

10/03/2012 By Allecia Vermillion

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How Top Chef Contestants Maintain Their Anonymity

Fake emails, phony vacations, and elaborate lies to family and friends are apparently a Top Chef rite of passage.

09/27/2012 By Allecia Vermillion

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Bravo Announces Top Chef Seattle Air Date, Reveals Contestants

Sadly, not one Seattleite is among the ranks.

09/19/2012 By Christopher Werner

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Seattle's Top Chef Contestants: Then and Now

A look back at the drama queens and nude modeling kings that represented our fair city.

07/31/2012 By Duke Sullivan

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Tracking Top Chef Seattle

All these tweets, posts, sightings, and rumors can get a little overwhelming. Let’s break it down, shall we?

07/21/2012 By Allecia Vermillion

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Pulling Back the Curtain on Top Chef

Little Water Cantina’s Shannon Wilkinson, a former culinary producer for the show, on partying with leftovers, and who gets to attend restaurant wars.

07/05/2012 By Allecia Vermillion

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10 Challenges We’d Like to See on Top Chef Seattle

Starbucks, Pike Place Market, Canlis, and Modernist Cuisine are a given. Here’s how we think it should be done.

06/29/2012 By Allecia Vermillion

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Top Chef Judges Dine at Walrus and the Carpenter

Tom, Padma, Gail, and Emeril are apparently living it up in Seattle this week.

06/28/2012 By Allecia Vermillion

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Gail Simmons Stops by Canon

The Top Chef judge joins Food & Wine’s Dana Cowin at the Capitol Hill bar.

06/27/2012 By Christopher Werner

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Burning Top Chef Seattle Questions: Which Whole Foods?

Hey, nobody ever accused me of having a life.

06/26/2012 By Allecia Vermillion

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Top Chef Reportedly Scouting Melrose Market

Secrecy is great and all, but never underestimate the power of Twitter.

06/18/2012