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The Jet Stream: And then there were four

November 20, 2009 • 5:20 p.m.

As 'Top Chef' approaches, revisiting the myth of Marcel

August 13, 2009 • 10:12 a.m.

He was the tablespoon of cayenne dumped into the Season 2 Top Chef stew: the most-popular but least-liked contestant, Wolverine-maned Marcel Vigneron.

Hubert Keller excited about Top Chef competition

August 5, 2009 • 8:49 a.m.

ABC Radio News’ Las Vegas-based correspondent and my good friend and former producer Al Mancini recently sat down with chef Hubert Keller.

It's official: Bravo confirms 'Top Chef' in Vegas

June 2, 2009 • 10:50 a.m.

All-star cooks wrap up Las Vegas filming of Top Chef

June 2, 2009 • 9:24 a.m.

The kitchen kings and queens of the hit Bravo reality TV competition celebrated with an official wrap party at Blush in the Wynn.

Strip Scribbles: Top Chef Season 6 begins filming here today

April 27, 2009 • 10:45 a.m.

Despite Bravo producers doing all in their power to keep it a secret, my colleague Steve Freiss has total confirmation that the shooting schedule is starting.

The Jet Stream: And then there were four

Wow, what a week of TC. Like I said before, it came down to fine-dining skills to make it into the Top 4. This must have been a tough week to leave for Eli. Coming this far and not making it to Napa. As we start to wind down the season it's important, I think, to just take a moment and appreciate the level of skill of these cheftestants. With the multitude of chef competition shows out there, no one ...

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Top Chef Episode 12: On keeping it simple

Keep it simple, stupid. Often shortened to the acronym KISS, this half-insult, half-sound advice effectively sums up the road to success used in this week’s episode of “Top Chef: Las Vegas.” It’s a bit ironic, really, because none of this season’s prior challenges tested the chef’testants’ culinary skills (and nerves) quite like the Bocuse d’Or.

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Top Chef Episode 11: Child’s play

That’s what guest judge Nigella Lawson called panna cotta on Wednesday night’s episode of “Top Chef: Las Vegas.”

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The Jet Stream: The three stages of chefdom

Jet Tila talks “Top Chef” evolution, from collecting kitchen burns to culinary nirvana.

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Top Chef Odds Week 11: And then there were six

Work up an appetite for twists. “Top Chef: Las Vegas” is bound to finish up with a few surprises.

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The Jet Stream: Sex, TV dinners and Bartolotta

Find out why Jet is threatening to punch himself in the face in this week’s installment of The Jet Stream.

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Top Chef Odds Week 10: Portman and Paul

Tempers are flaring. Patience is wearing thin, and the competition is reaching a boiling point. Check out these odds to see which chefs are most likely to keep their cool.

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Top Chef” sweetens up with pastry series “Just Desserts”

Move over savory. “Top Chef’s” new pastry spin-off series is casting in Las Vegas.

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Top Chef Episode 9: Choose your own adventure

Just don’t choose the one with the broken butter sauce and undercooked lamb.

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The Jet Stream: The fog of Restaurant Wars

The key words this week, boys and girls, are “in the weeds”. Not the garden variety, in restaurant-speak, being “in the weeds” involves something far scarier than a few stray plants.

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