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12/08/093:05 pm

Top Chef Finale

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Well, if you’ve made it this far so you’re probably looking forward to the finale of Top Chef, which airs tonight, December 9, at 10 p.m.. It’s down to the boys—Kevin red beard and those dastardly Voltaggio brothers—and the final throwdown all takes place in our own backyard, at Cyrus in Healdsburg. Watch tonight to see Cyrus GM Nick Peyton and chef Douglas Keane as they open their restaurant to the competition.

12/01/095:32 pm

Celebrate the release of Top Chef: The Quickfire Cookbook with Chronicle Books and Purcell Murray. Head a few minutes south of the city after work for cooking demonstrations, recipe tastings and book signings by Top Chef cheftestants Jamie Lauren, Jennifer Biesty and Ryan Scott. You'll also enjoy pours of Top Chef Quickfire Wines.

Note: RSVP before December 3rd as space is limited.

 

Padma Lakshmi stopped by Neiman Marcus in San Francisco to talk jewelry – from her latest Padma collection featuring delicate gold Indian-inspired designs with a modern twist to the pieces that every woman should invest in. And of course, what interview with the Top Chef goddess would be complete without a little food talk:

 

11/02/0912:41 pm
<p>Coffee Bar in San Francisco is hosting a special chef’s dinner with Laurine Wickett in November. Saturday, November 7th, Seatings at 6:30pm &amp; 8:30pm Tuesday, November 10th, Seatings at 6:00pm &amp; 8:00pm.  RSVP LWickettatCoffeeBar@gmail.com please include your name, phone number, preferred seating and number in your party.</p>
Elizabeth Falkner on Top Chef Masters
courtesy of bravo

Top Chef Masters: Neatly summarizing the love-fest vibe of Top Chef Masters so far, Elizabeth Falkner quipped, "we were meaner when we were judges." And then there was this and this.

05/26/093:56 pm

Top Chef at Scala's

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$65

Top Chef obsessed fans (and we know you are legion) take note: former contestants Jennifer Biesty and Stephanie Izzard, the season four winner, will partner up to prepare dinner at Scala’s Bistro, where Biesty is executive chef. While you eat the five-course meal, channel your inner Padma.

Spruce: Recession-Proof?

Welcome to our exciting new partnership with Eater. For this weekly Friday column, Eater editor Paolo Lucchesi gives his opinionated report on all the restaurant news that's fit to print...and then some.

02/09/0911:44 am

What Inspires a Top Chef Food Stylist?

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Katie Christ
Photographer: Alex Farnum

As the second part of our series of guest food bloggers (Jamie Lauren being our first), 7x7 welcomes food stylist Katie Christ. Katie worked as Culinary Producer for the first season of Top Chef and in 2008, she won the first ever Food Network Challenge for food stylists.

02/03/0911:19 am

Do Chefs Eat?

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The chef enjoying a rare sit-down meal.
Courtesy of Jamie Lauren

Being a chef, people are constantly surprised by what I eat (or don't eat) over the course of my work week ... to be completely honest, the last thing Iwant to do when I am at work is eat. Being surrounded by food all the time generally makes me very uninterested in having a meal on a daily basis. Here's a list of everything I ate this week.

Monday: My day off. Probably the one day when I actually eat two meals. Usually on Mondays I try and get together with friends, since it's really

01/30/096:38 pm

Richard Blais, graduate of the Culinary Institute of America and star on Top Chef's fourth season, will be cooking up a culinary feast at the stylish Stevenswood Spa Resort on the Mendocino coast. Pick up your sweetie and surprise him/her with a pre-Valentine's Day getaway. The menu will feature foods to put you in the mood (oysters, anyone?). Make your reservation today.