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Naughty chefs and armpit hair: Our favorite "Top Chef" moments

December 11, 2009 • 3:34 p.m.

Las Vegas' Top Chef moment in the culinary sun came to a close Wednesday with the crowing of Michael Voltaggio as this season's winner. But before we rededicate Wednesday nights ...

The Jet Stream: And then there were four

November 20, 2009 • 5:20 p.m.

With the multitude of chef competition shows out there, no one can quite compare with TC. They have even out done themselves this year.

Alex Stratta hosts Top Chef viewing at Wynn; cheftestants down to four

November 19, 2009 • 9:24 a.m.

It was no surprise, at least for avid Wynn Race & Sports Book Director Johnny Avello devotees and Top Chef Las Vegas fans, that cheftestant...

Counter Intelligence: Bobby Flay’s Throwdown comes to Rao’s

October 9, 2009 • 1:11 a.m.

The Iron Chef signed on Penn Jillette from The Rio, Human Nature from Imperial Palace and the showgirls of Jubilee! at Bally’s to add excitement and sizzle to the event.

Photo Gallery: Top Chef’s Padma Lakshmi gets cover girl treatment

October 2, 2009 • 11:06 a.m.

The Top Chef: Las Vegas judge’s interview in the gourmet issue of our sister Vegas magazine reveals some interesting information about the Bravo personality.

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.

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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Top Chef Odds Week 9: Restaurant Wars

On tonight’s episode of Top Chef: Las Vegas knives will come out, egos will flare and illusions of grandeur will die in a flurry of flames on the burners at RM Seafood. It’s time for Restaurant Wars.

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The Jet Stream: Viva the V bro battle

Robin makes Jet’s top 10 list of people that he wants to punch in the face, and he imagines Top Chef lucha libre-style.

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Top Chef Episode 8: Charlie Palmer University

Some chefs thrived under Charlie Palmer’s watchful eye and seasoned palette, others just got schooled.

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Top Chef Odds Week 8: Voltaggios reign no more

The wonder brothers, Bryan and Michael Voltaggio, are no longer at the head of the Top Chef: Las Vegas class. In the lead in this week’s odds a red-haired southern boy.

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