Mar 19, 2008

Don’t Miss Top Chef: Chicago.

The first episode of Bravo’s reality cooking show aired last week, but here is a recap if you missed it:

There are 16 contestants competing to be Top Chef:

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They arrived in Chicago to their first task: assemble in the city’s famous Pizzeria Uno. They weren’t there three minutes when host Padma Lakshmi showed up with their first quick fire challenge:

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And so the contestants were driven to the Quick Fire Challenge kitchen, which was in a beautiful town house in Chicago:

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And so they all scrambled around making deep dish pizzas with classic ingredients such as pickled kohlrabi and peaches:

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And then celebrity chef Rocco showed up to judge:

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And then somebody won and somebody lost, and then Padma told the contestants about that week’s Elimination Challenge:

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After a brief time spent shopping for their ingredients, the chefs retired back to the kitchen to prepare their dishes:

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And then the judges tasted all the food before convening at the Judge’s Table:

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And there at the Judge’s Table, somebody won and somebody had to pack their knives and go. The end. Tune in tonight for Episode Two.

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