In the Emmy competition for outstanding competition reality TV show, each series enters a single episode. That, as succinctly discussed here, is perhaps the primary reasons for The Amazing Race’s long-time domination. But that, of course, ended this year.
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Top Chef’s French episode beat TAR’s weak WWI ep; Probst won for Russell Swan ep
Top Chef host Padma Lakshmi has often been accused of wooden delivery; while it’s not quite of early Big Brother Julie Chen proportions, it can be awkward. But there’s an explanation, beyond the highly rumored one: She’s a robo-host. Entertainment Weekly reports that “the reason Padma sounds so robotic when she describes the challenges is because she’s wearing an earpiece through which all of the legally approved info is being fed to her.” That’s a..
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Padma Lakshmi’s delivery explained: she’s a robo-host
At long last, we know who the Top Chef Las Vegas fan favorite is: Kevin Gillespie and his very popular beard. He received $10,000 for beating fan favorite runner-up Bryan Voltaggio, and with the $45,000 that he received during quickfire challenges, third-place Kevin was rewarded for his work on the show.
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Kevin Gillespie wins Top Chef Las Vegas fan favorite, adding $10,000 to his $45,000
Was there a lamer hour of TV on this week than the Top Chef Las Vegas reunion last night? And I say that knowing that The Sing-Off has already aired six full hours
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Top Chef Las Vegas reunites chefs who think Padma hates them, doesn’t do much more
When I saw a preview of Padma Lakshmi’s guest appearance on 30 Rock, I thought she was, well, terrible, and this didn’t bode well for her future in sit-coms. But the one line highlighted in the previews turned out to be out of context, and she was quite funny. The writing gets most of the credit for the humor, from the joke about Padma creating her own line of sandwich bags to her complaints about…
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Padma Lakshmi mocks herself, Top Chef, and the Glad family of products on 30 Rock
This summer hasn’t been good for the equipment used to bring us reality shows. Chima completely accidentally hurled hers into the jacuzzi on Big Brother 11, and a camera was literally forced to view and record Russell H.’s gross underwear on Survivor Samoa.
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Battery explodes, erupts into flames on Top Chef set
Bravo’s now-marquee reality show ends its spin-off and debuts its sixth season tonight in back-to-back episodes. First, Top Chef Las Vegas debuts in its new timeslot at 9 p.m.
There’s one thing that makes sense about Padma Lakshmi’s upcoming NBC sitcom: She won’t star in it, and will stay on as host of Top Chef. “[I]t’s an ensemble cast–I’m not starring in it.
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Padma will stay with Top Chef, only have "have a recurring role" on her sitcom
NBC is creating a culinary-themed sitcom for Top Chef host Padma Lakshmi. Padma “has sealed a development deal with the Peacock and sister Universal Media Studios, which plans to create a half-hour comedy for her” that “will star Lakshmi as a woman working in the culinary world,” Variety reports. It notes the show could be called “Single Serving,” which is almost as cute as Variety’s opening line: “…Padma Lakshmi is cooking up plans…” Clever! Besides..
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Padma Lakshmi will star in culinary-themed NBC sitcom
Acerbic Top Chef judge Toby Young has responded to criticism of his criticism by promising he’ll tone down his judging for the show’s sixth season.
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Toby Young promises "be a little more measured" on Top Chef 6
