This week was the Season Premiere of Next Iron Chef: Super Chefs and I was blown away!  The level of talent and big name chefs seen this season is out of this world.  Here is the list of the Chef Contestants: Anne Burrell – from Secrets of a Restaurant Chef and Worst Cooks in America. She is [...]

Top Chef Is Bigger In Texas. Why yes, yes it is.  Tonight is the Series Premiere of Top Chef: Texas and I’m chomping at the bit for it!  Tom Colichhio, Gail Simmons and Padma Lakshmi will return for another season of chopping, searing and whipping up some delicious fun! This season is promised to showcase [...]

This January, Food Network pumps up its primetime lineup with three series premieres full of fun-filled food entertainment! First, Guy Fieri returns as host of Ultimate Recipe Showdown as a new batch of home cooks step up and put their prized personal recipes to the “ultimate” test, premiering Sunday, January 4, at 9pm ET/PT. Then, [...]

Last week on Top Chef: New York, Christmas came early for the chefs, as the Quick Fire involved cooking for television host, author, and magazine publisher Martha Stewart. Once again, Ariane took the prize for another simple yet tasty dish. Then, for the challenge, the chefs had to use their skills to give back to [...]

I’m thinking all my time spent watching Top Chef might just pay off when it comes to “Foodie Fight: A trivia game for serious food lovers”, which features over 1,000 questions covering everything from culinary science to celebrity chefs.  It’s sold at Sur la table, and you can get it here.

It’s back! Top Chef: New York started this week, and it did not disappoint. So far, I’m rooting for Gene. And wishing that Padma would loosen up a little bit–and go easy on the dewy/greasy makeup (seriously, look at the photo above for proof!). And thinking that Carla is a few eggs short of a [...]

Leave it to New York City to not only host one of the coolest foodie events ever, but also provide the backdrop for the ever-addictive “Top Chef” on Bravo. But before we talk boob tube, let’s talk festival. Thursday, October 9, through Sunday, October 12, The Food Network New York City Wine & Food Festival [...]

A new Federal Trade Commission (FTC) report sheds new light on food marketing to children and adolescents. The report, “Marketing Food to Children and Adolescents: A Review of Industry Expenditures, Activities, and Self-Regulation”, finds that 44 major food and beverage marketers spent $1.6 billion to promote their products to children under 12 and adolescents ages [...]

It’s about time that Ted Allen (pictured above) got his own food show, which airs Tuesdays at 9 p.m./8 c on the Food Network. After all, he is the Tim Gunn of the food world. The show, Food Network’s “Food Detectives with Ted Allen“, explores common food-related aqssumptions and myths (Is double-dipping really as bad as [...]

If you’ve ever worked in a restaurant, you’re sure to enjoy the short-lived but hilarious television show “Kitchen Confidential”, based on the bookof the same name by Anthony Bourdain. While I found the book to be long-winded at times, and extremely graphic in parts, the show was a dark sitcom starring the very talented Bradley [...]