Top Chef Masters

WATCH: Danny Bowien Makes Jimmy Fallon Cook With Absurdly Huge Chopsticks

by Tina Nguyen

Yes, they look like props from a late night comedy show -- but any self-respecting Asian knows of the enormous chopsticks that their parents used for stir-frying. (Remember, the ones the length of a child's entire arm?). Danny Bowien respects the giant chopsticks.

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Eddie Huang On Cooking With Weed (And Cheetos)

by Tina Nguyen

Incredible revelations about the Human Panda abound in the latest edition of High Times. For instance: did you know that Eddie Huang smokes the reefer? If you didn't, prepare to be totally astounded by the rhapsody of weed that is this interview.

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Martha Stewart On Her Ex-Husband: 'He Went Nuts And Left Me! Can You Imagine?'

by Mariella Mosthof

Martha Stewart stopped by The Dr. Oz Show today to hawk her new book Living the Good Long Life, and while conversation turned inevitably to her Match.com dating life, she revealed a few bawdy tidbits we didn't expect to hear from ever-cordial Martha.

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GIVEAWAY: Tickets To Meet (And Eat With!) Adam Richman And 40 Of NYC's Best Chefs

by Laura Norkin

Richman's hosting the NYC event for the third year in a row, and says, "whenever you have a chef that's like, 'this is just something I'm playing with,' you know that's always going to be the dope shit." You know what else is dope? Winning free tickets to The New Taste of the Upper West Side. See how right here:

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TV

Top Chef Masters Season 5: Chefs Skydive Clutching Cooking Utensils, Land On Sheep In The Desert

by Mariella Mosthof 5:40 pm, May 20th

Hey, we get it: after ten seasons of Top Chef, five seasons of Top Chef: Masters, one season of Around the World in 80 Plates, and two seasons of Top Chef: Just Desserts, coming up with new and inventive challenges can be tricky. But there is a line.
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WATCH: Top Chef Masters Season 5 Sneak Peek, Brought To You By ~~Kathie Lee~~ Wine

by Mariella Mosthof 3:04 pm, February 22nd

Top Chef Masters is currently in the midst of filming in Los Angeles, and so when The Today Show sent its Fourth Hour anchors westward to shoot for the week, Kathie Lee Gifford somehow managed to snag a gig guest judging a Top Chef Masters challenge.
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Last Call

Last Call: The Lone Star Tick, AKA ‘The Vegan’s Revenge,’ Can Make You Allergic To Meat

by Tina Nguyen 6:30 pm, February 8th

Plus: Tainted beef, Korean pizza, and Top Chef luchadores.
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Endorsements

Marco Pierre White Defends Curtis Stone’s Endorsements: He’s ‘Not Selling Out’

by Tina Nguyen 12:13 pm, December 28th

“He enriches the lives of others, so how can these people criticize?” White said.
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Legal Woes

James Oseland Challenges DOMA To Save His Marriage

by Mariella Mosthof 12:40 pm, December 18th

In 2007, editor-in-chief of Saveur Magazine and Top Chef: Masters judge James Oseland met the man he would marry just over three years later. Unfortunately, in the time that has transpired since their relationship began, Daniel’s visa from Brazil had expired, and, in spite of their marriage, legally recognized in the State of New York in 2010, DOMA prevented James from sponsoring Daniel as his spouse for a green card.
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Lists

The 10 Most Disgusting Dishes Made On Cooking Competitions In 2012

by Tina Nguyen 1:43 pm, December 11th

Enjoy this slideshow of the year’s best long-simmering schadenfreude.
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Interviews

Hugh Acheson: I’m Good At Being ‘A Jackass’

by Tina Nguyen 12:00 pm, November 15th

If there’s one thing that Hugh Acheson loves in life, it’s being paid to cooly criticize people’s cooking. Okay, he probably likes cooking food too. (He also might like waggling his eyebrows up and down in imitation of a flying seagull, too, but this is pure speculation.)
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NYCWFF 2012

Art Smith Defends Lorena Garcia’s Taco Bell Gig: Every Chef ‘Would Love To Have That Deal’

by Mariella Mosthof 2:30 pm, October 13th

Check out our interview with Art below to hear his solid defense (the first and only one we’ve ever heard) of Lorena Garcia’s Taco Bell/Cantina Bell endorsement, his feelings on Top Chef Masters frenemy Chris Cosentino, and how he’s bringing peace through food from San Francisco to the West Bank.
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Competitions

Chris Cosentino Reveals Why He Donated Double His Winnings To The Michael J. Fox Foundation

by Tina Nguyen 2:37 pm, October 8th

“The whole reason I did Top Chef Masters was for the charity,” he told SF Weekly in an interview. “If you’re going to stick your neck out that far, you have to do it for something that really means something to you.”
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TV

WATCH: Top Chef Masters Fan Favorite Announced, Twitter Account For Chris Cosentino’s Dimples Born

by Mariella Mosthof 4:40 pm, September 27th

On last night’s Watch What Happens Live, Andy Cohen welcomed Top Chef Masters winner Chris Cosentino, runner-up Kerry Heffernan, and Tom Colocchio as his honored guests. Oh, and Mike Isabella was bartending.
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