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Top Chef Season 8: All-Stars
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'Top Chef' recap: The word 'chef' means boss
2011-03-31 / chicagotribune.com
... tie? No. By the slimmest of margins, the winner of the 'Top Chef' all-star edition was Richard Blais. The Takeaway - Stephanie Izard stared at a TV just before the announcement of the winner with a semi-pained expression on her face. She ...season on the show. Was he the strongest opponent for Richard in the final? Maybe, maybe not. But he unquestionably answered the challenge and forced the judging panel into a very difficult decision. - If the season was about redemption for many competitors, the finale was for Jamie Lauren. After a dismal performance when she was sent home early in the season... -
'Top Chef All-Stars' Season 8, Episode 16 (Season Finale) Recap
2011-03-31 / TV Squad
... the parameters. It was a straight competition with no funny business thrown in. All the eliminated chefs were brought down to the Bahamas for the finale, which was a nice bonus for the group. A bunch of them looked ready to party...Richard Blais finally be "Top Chef"? When Padma finally made the announcement that Richard Blais was indeed Top Chef, I let out a hoot. I imagine I wasn't alone; there were probably a lot of people rooting for Richard to get the prize. It would have been nice if Mike had been gracious in defeat, but he wasn't. At least not in the show ... In the final interview... -
'Top Chef: All-Stars': And the winner is...
2011-03-30 / Entertainment Weekly
Image Credit: Virginia Sherwood/Bravo If you haven’t seen the season finale of Top Chef: All Stars yet, DO NOT CLICK AHEAD! After Richard and Mike opened their own full-fledged restaurants — Richard’s pegged to modern spins on classic dishes (shocker!) and Mike’s an ode to Italian flavors (also a...ultimate culinary crown. And now that the results are in, your very first Top Chef All-Star is (SPOILER ALERT)… … Richard Blais ! Hang tight for our full recap as well as Gail Simmons’ blog, in which the judge sheds light on their decision, and the irony behind... -
Richard Blais Wins 'Top Chef All-Stars'
2011-03-30 / AceShowbiz
... Wednesday, March 30 finale of "Top Chef All-Stars", the remaining two contestants prepared the best meal of their lives. The final challenge was to create the restaurant of their dreams with a four-course tasting menu. Richard Blais and Mike Isabella got to be assisted by eliminated chefs in the kitchen. The... during the tasting, judge Art Smith said about Mike's flan, "I don't like the way it feels in my mouth." As a winner, Richard earned $200,000 prize and the Top Chef title. "I didn't think I could do this, I willed this," he said after Padma Lakshmi's announcement. Meanwhile, Mike did not ... -
Who Won Top Chef: Top Chef All Stars Winner!
2011-03-30 / Famecrawler
... that? Though, he had an amazine run towards the end of the show. But, even Tom Colicchio said that no one really pictured him in the Top Chef finale. But, who won Top Chef All Stars? The Top Chef winner is Richard Blais! Congratulations, Richard! Natalie is a SAHM of three children: her 3-year-old son and... ratings to antique dolls, but she mostly likes sharing stories about her adorable children on her blog, Because I Said So. Emma Brady has been the publisher of Celebrity Moms - where celebrity and parenthood collide - since January 2006. She lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota with her husband, ... -
Top Chef All Stars Finale Recap: Who Won Top Chef?
2011-03-30 / Famecrawler
The final challenge of Top Chef had the two remaining chefs creating the restaurant of their dreams. Richard Blais against Mike Isabella for the winner of Top Chef All Stars. The entire cast of Top Chef All Stars was brought back to compete as sous chefs for the final challenge. Each had to create an amuse-bouche and Richard and Mike had to pick based... -
Top Chef: All-Stars Finale Spoiler Results: Richard Blais Wins Over Mike Isabella
2011-03-30 / Inside Pulse (blog)
... got the result that they wanted. Everyone that I talked to was pulling for Richard Blais and in the end, he came through. On the finale, the Blais and Mike Isabella were asked to create a four-course tasting menu for their dream restaurant. Their mission if they chose to accept it: Create a... four-course tasting menu for the restaurant of their dreams. While, Richard’s foie gras dessert didn’t ... -
There's a new 'Top Chef'
2011-03-30 / Los Angeles Times
...big flavor, and Richard Blais, the neurotic perfectionist with the spiky hair who every week seemed to pull a new trick out of his knife bag. With $200,000 plus extras at stake, each was given five hours to prepare "the restaurant of their dreams." The season finale of Bravo's "Top Chef All-Stars" ...pepperoni sauce, roasted cabbage and turnips and a dessert of rosemary caramel custard with pine nuts, citrus, celery and apple. Blais' dessert alone offered almost enough twists for its own show. Originally he was going to do an ice cream flavored with Cap'n Crunch cereal (hey, he did call his ... -
Flip Burger Boutique's Richard Blais makes finals of Bravo's 'Top Chef All-Stars' - The Birmingham News
2011-03-29 / al.com
.... (The Birmingham News/Beverly Taylor) Atlanta chef Richard Blais of Flip Burger Boutique has made Wednesday night's finals of Bravo's "Top Chef All-Stars," and the Flip Burger in Birmingham is hosting a viewing party to cheer him on. Blais, who applies the food science of molecular ...Chicago chef Stephanie Izard during the fourth season of "Top Chef" in 2008. This year, he will compete against Washington, D.C., chef Michael Isabella, formerly of the restaurant Zaytinya. Isabella is opening his own Italian-inspired eatery, Graffiato, this spring. As the concept chef for Flip Burger, Blais ... -
A preview of the 'Top Chef' finale
2011-03-29 / chicagotribune.com
... whole season. Only once, in an Italian challenge of all things, was he in danger of going home. Despite...Blais is the better chef. He's performed much better over two seasons worth of 'Top Chef,' racking up 15 elimination or quickfire wins. He has a level of inventiveness and technique that are among the best in the show's eight-season run. At some point, it diminishes the show...interview with the Trib last week, that's patently unfair to Chicago's Stephanie Izard who cooked a fantastic final meal and, actually, outperformed Blais over the course of their season. But the fact remains that Richard... -
One last 'Top Chef' cook-off before the finale
2011-03-29 / msnbc.com
... on Bravo's "Top Chef All-Stars," Michael Isabella and Richard Blais made it to the finale. The winner will be revealed on Wednesday night's show, but TODAY gave them another challenge: Create their own version of spring vegetable lasagna. Both of the chef's recipes reflect their cooking personalities. Isabella, from Season 6, offers a more traditional recipe and Blais, a Season 4 finalist, shows off more... -
Chef Michelle Bernstein Gives It Up For Whirled Peas-Top Chef All-Stars Episode 15 Recap
2011-03-25 / D Magazine
...Top Chef All-Stars Episode 15 Recap” Totally agree – wanted Mike out! I just kept thinking he wants Antonia out becuause he actually thinks he is competing against her to compete against Richard. Also – just fyi – I am pretty sure on most reality shows – no one is allowed to go home... whole world to know you were eliminated. If Richard doesn’t win, I am going to be totally disappointed. I may even throw something at my TV! He was my favorite in his season, and I’ve been wanting him to go all the way in this season of Top Chef All Stars. He deserves it! ... -
'Top Chef' - 'Last Supper': Top Chef vs. Iron Chef
2011-03-24 / HitFix
...the next-to-last "Top Chef" of the season coming up just as soon as I make myself throw up... At first, I'd been assuming there would be another kitchen mishap or something that would extend the finale to next week. Instead, it just turned out they're doing a Top 2 show rather than a Top 3 (which has made...Mike had to make... fried chicken. Fortunately, Mike was the one who got too cute in this round, giving Richard a clear win, but Antonia was so hamstrung that she likely would have gone home even without the additional "one bite" challenge. In the end, though I don't like Mike, he's been ... -
'Top Chef All-Stars' names its final two -- cue intensity
2011-03-24 / Examiner.com
... the show. After trying to challenge each other in the Quickfire and then cooking the "last mean" for some of the aforementioned guests, this episode came down to a one-on-one competition between Mike and Antonia as to who would join Richard (who was finally able to stop Mike's winning streak) in the top two... yes, that includes Marcel and Angelo, who like to get their opinions into everything. Who do you think is going to win the season (it's still hard to bet against Richard on this end), and what dish from this episode do you want to eat right about now? (We have to go with... -
'Top Chef All-Stars': Episode 15 Recap, 'Last Supper'
2011-03-24 / Wall Street Journal Blogs
...Mike’s dish the best. Antonia and Richard start to look a little nervous. For their elimination challenge, the chefs have to create a “last supper” for “Iron Chef” Morimoto, Wolfgang Puck and Michelle Bernstein. As the most recent winner, Mike picks Michelle Bernstein for himself, and ...have approved. Richard kept it simple but kept in the Richard Blais signature, the judges say. Richard is given the win. But wait! Padma waves an envelope she had brandished earlier in the episode. Inside, is *another* twist! In order to secure the last spot in the final, Antonia and... -
'Top Chef' recap: And then there were two
2011-03-24 / Los Angeles Times
Among the final trio of Richard Blais, Antonia Lafaso and Mike Isabella, Richard is the neurotic talent, Antonia is the amiable professional and ...don't people get sent home for that? And Richard's hot dog on handmade roti bread with curry ketchup, mayo and mint leaves was too ketchupy. The $5,000 goes to Mike. If they award Top Chef to the person who's... what I'm capable of." Which seems to show: Mike's playing the game, Antonia's cooking her food. Everyone agrees that Antonia's bite is powerful, and it's a 3-3 split, with Wolfgang casting the tiebreaking vote -- in favor of Mike. Powerful can't... -
Top Chef Recap: Twists Galore
2011-03-24 / The Quad (blog)
.... Last night, Top Chef saw the final three duke it out. Surely, it must have been the season finale? Alas, no. Another week remains of this epic season. The Quickfire Challenge was classically twisty. Wolfgang Puck showed up and the chefs were presented with 7 classic Quickfires. Each chef had to assign one...), Antonia was sent home, leaving Mike to cook in the finale. This outcome was especially sad for those who remember when Antonia was eliminated in the episode before the finale in Season 4. Her defeat was imminent, given that she was crying during her interviews throughout the whole episode... -
Top Chef: All-Stars - Episode 15 Recap
2011-03-24 / Realitywanted
...banter of the season. Carla: "Maybe some lime zest." Carla: "Oh, because it's fresh." Wolfang names Isabella's one-pot dish the victor, making this his third win in a row. I think the hair on Richard's head is standing up a little straighter now. For the Elimination Challenge, the chefs will cook for...on who to send to the finale. Wolfgang Puck breaks the tie. In heartbreaking fashion, Antonia is sent home just shy of the final episode. I'm a dude, but even I am sick of the all-dude finales on this show. Come on, Tom. Show some love to the ladies. Top Chef: All-Stars airs Wednesdays at... -
'Top Chef': Are we there yet?
2011-03-24 / The Marquee Blog
...season of "Top Chef." And if you thought this week would be the finale ( ), guess again. It did, however, contain what might have been the cruelest "Top Chef" twist to date, but let's start with the Quickfire. The show...risks don't really pay off. In fact, Richard is the first one told that he's moving on to the finale (apparently we're not naming a "winner" of this challenge). As for Mike and ...comes down to one final vote. And with that vote, Mike is moving on to the finale with Richard. It's heartbreaking for Antonia, who was eliminated at a similar point in her original season. But given how ... -
'Top Chef All-Stars' Recap: The Last Supper With a Twist!
2011-03-24 / CafeMom Daily Buzz
...what the Elimination Challenge will entail. And guess what? (Twist alert.) They were to be joined by some special guests -- celebrity chefs Wolfgang Puck, Morimoto, and Michelle Bernstein. The challenge: Cook the "last supper" for each of the three chefs. Oh, and there's also an envelope with the words "Top Chef" emblazoned ... the envelope: Mike and Antonia must go head-to-head one last time in the kitchen cooking the perfect last bite. The winner would go to the finale. Twist #5 : The judges oohed and aahed over Antonia's grouper in coconut lobster broth; they seemed more hesitant about Mike's ... -
'Top Chef' exit interview: The second one hurts a little more
2011-03-24 / chicagotribune.com
...it through to the finale of Top Chef's all-star season last week when Tiffany Derry was sent home. This, she thought, was going to make up for exiting at the last possible minute in season four. "I really wanted to be there at the end to cook the final dinner and then there,... caught up with Antonia to talk about cooking for an Iron Chef, her newfound cousin and who was better from her original season-Richard Blais or Chicago's Stephanie Izard. Describe your mindset going into the final challenge, knowing that you were cooking for Iron Chef Morimoto. I would use the word "nauseating." (laughs) I...
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