Stephen Asprinio
Top Chef Season 8: All-Stars
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Is this photo a Top Chef spoiler?
2011-03-04 / US News Portal
... assembled in New York to film the reunion show, which airs April 6 along with the premiere of Top Chef Masters. Tom snapped a picture of it on his phone and posted it. (the picture is after the jump) Here's the lineup (finalists in bold ) Back row : Tre, Elia, Jen, Stephen?, (empty chair), Dale L., Spike, Tiffani F. ...the winner for the last four seasons. So, does this mean Richard or Carla has prevailed? Is this the Top Chef Zapruder film? Where are Jamie and Marcel? Are they lost in that grassy knoll of a shag carpet? Where is our Jim Garrison? We'll get answers March 30 when the finale airs.... -
Stephen Asprinio: "Top Chef All-Stars Really Did Feel Like a True Family"
2010-12-20 / YumSugar.com
Stephen Asprinio was notorious for his self-important, smug personality on the first season of Top Chef, but judging from his time on All-Stars , he's grown up quite a bit. In his exit interview with our friends at Slashfood, he talked about his elimination mistake ("I was trying to overcompensate for my personal shortcomings"), coming of age ("I was very... what it was like being in the house the second time around ("I can't believe how happy it was in the house"). To hear more of Stephen's thoughts from the season - and his predictions for who'll go to the finals! - -
Top Chef Recap: David Chang and the Bro Code
2010-12-17 / The Quad (blog)
...top of popcorn and french toast. In the end, Stephen and Dale L. were sent home (even though the other Dale won…irony!). This elimination was less shocking than the others this season. Stephen clearly had to go, and yes Dale came in second in season 3, but he didn’t win and elimination challenge until the final... I will eat an entire watermelon, and post pictures along with it to win back my Top Chef authority. 1. Richard (He doesn’t have to be in the top every time…) 2. Angelo 3. Dale T. 4. Spike (He was on the winning Quickfire team–My world is imploding.) 5. ... -
Top Chef's Stephen: I Was Out of My Current Skill Set
2010-12-17 / TV Guide
...he thinks he was trying to overcompensate with his final dish. Plus: What did he think about Tre calling him "arrogant"? TVGuide.com: As someone who's been out of the Top Chef loop for so long, what was it like jumping into that Quickfire relay? Stephen: It was really intense for me, actually. ...don't really carry much weight with me. Tre doesn't know me. ... It's just ignorant. But my father put it in a very good way: It's like trash-talking on the basketball court. I don't think he set out to be malicious. Some people take that stuff really personally. This season was very professional. ... -
Top Chef Recap: Time to Make an Impression
2010-12-16 / People Magazine
...First, though, for a Quickfire challenge, David Chang (of Momofuku fame) paid a visit. The contestants were split into four teams to begin a Top Chef favorite: the mise en place relay race, in which they had to prep various ingredients (breaking down lamb, preparing an artichoke and peeling garlic)... for Burke; and Dale's poached egg and breakfast-flavored broth met Dufresne's passion for innovation. Then in a twist, two chefs were sent home: Dale Levitski, for his too-sweet French toast plate with veal, and Stephen Asprinio, whose fennel pollen-scented salmon was too aggressively seasoned. -
'Top Chef All-Stars': imitation is not always flattering
2010-12-16 / Examiner.com
..."Top Chef" one of the best reality shows on TV is that the producers of the show really try and create exciting challenges year after you. You never feel that the show settles... like Stephen try a bit too hard to emulate a restaurant that he frequently visits on a regular basis. Ultimately, the winner here was Dale -- who managed to imitate Chef Wylie ...elimination this week, we ultimately did have to say goodbye to Stephen (who seems like a great guy who is just not in his element so much anymore) and the other Dale (who literally tried to make a veal dish into breakfast to emulate the title chef... -
Top Chef's Shocking Double Elimination
2010-12-16 / People Magazine
...First, though, for a Quickfire challenge, David Chang (of Momofuku fame) paid a visit. The contestants were split into four teams to begin a Top Chef favorite: the mise en place relay race, in which they had to prep various ingredients (breaking down lamb, preparing an artichoke and peeling garlic)... for Burke; and Dale's poached egg and breakfast-flavored broth met Dufresne's passion for innovation. Then in a twist, two chefs were sent home: Dale Levitski, for his too-sweet French toast plate with veal, and Stephen Asprinio, whose fennel pollen-scented salmon was too aggressively seasoned. -
'Top Chef All-Stars' Recap: Veal With French Toast ... EWWW!
2010-12-16 / CafeMom Daily Buzz
...Stephen was pretty much asking to be sent home with the airs he was putting on, all fashionista-like. At one point, he announced, "Marea is fine dining, suit and tie, something that I'm all about." Then he followed that statement up with, "Fashion... carpaccio teams), goes to All-American Townhouse. Antonia's peas-and-carrots stole the show here, as chef David Burke said he might just put it on the menu. Casey's "scallibut"...I'll come back for Top Chef 16: Seniors ." See ya then. Do you think Stephen and Dale deserved to be sent packing? Who are you rooting for this season on Top Chef All-Stars ? -
'Top Chef All Stars' Season 8, Episode 3 Recap
2010-12-16 / TV Squad
... Team blue, Richard, Tre, Stephen and Spike, won the money. This season has already presented some very tough challenges, and this week's elimination challenge was a doozy. Each team would go to a fine-dining New York restaurant where they have to emulate the cuisine of the celebrity chef. And each team was competing ...and that was very un-Marcel-like. When Padma called in Angelo, Dale, Antonia and Tre, it was obvious that they were the top four. The winner was Dale T. Stephen, Fabio, Dale L. and Tiffani had the worst dishes. Fabio admitted he was confused by Chang's cuisine. Bourdain blasted... -
'Top Chef': Two eliminations for the price of one
2010-12-16 / The Marquee Blog
... this week's 'Top Chef' felt a little lacking in the drama department, even with a double elimination. But it was stuffed with some really impressive food. The show started with an ...bottom, though. The winner was the Blue team (Stephen, Tre, Richard, Spike). I'd like to pause for a momentary rant about a trend I've noticed on these shows, one that Angelo committed...Stephen. He's the only chef who has consistently been out of his depth throughout the competition so far. But losing Dale is sad. As he pointed out, he's never been told to pack up and head home before (he was runner-up in his season... -
Top Chef All-Stars: Episode Three Recap
2010-12-16 / D Magazine
...Stephen) was the victor with their crispy lamb chop that judges said showed their technique, skill, and culinary knowledge. Welcome back chefs. I missed you last week! Jump for the whole story… The Elimination... Yes! This episode just keeps getting better. Our Dallas crew performed well overall. Tiffany's dish was good but not overly impressive ...top. Two chefs were sent home this week. Au revoir, Dale L. You will be missed. And while I simply want to say good riddance to Stephen, I can't. What a humble exit. I just was "not up to par with the other chefs." Oh Stephen, you finally... -
Top Chef exit interview: Stephen Asprinio, cannon fodder
2010-12-16 / US News Portal
Stephen Asprinio knew that he was a dead man walking from the moment he arrived on the "Top Chef" set. He was going to go home (or wherever the producers were stashing the eliminated cheftestants), it was just a matter of time. And it's likely that the producers knew this. A quick glance at his resume showed... the highly-celebrated Dovetail on ...season one, we used to walk uphill backwards, barefoot, with salt and pepper in their hands." Now these kids are getting $10,000 in quickfires and have every single imaginable ingredient under the sun in the "Top Chef...been quoted in some of his interviews,... -
'Top Chef' recap: Interpret This!
2010-12-16 / Entertainment Weekly
...tacular Stoners' Paradise" on Watch What Happens . A pot-smoke graphic is billowing over other memorable Top Chef dishes! They're talking about "candle salad"! I honestly have NO idea how I will manage...use a kitchen appliance...but he could certainly tell you about fashion! Except he's not even that stylish. He just wears suits. Stephen could tell you all about his suits, and wine, ...; it feels really good," said Richard in a confessional. I bet 5,000 bonus dollars felt even better! Elimination challenge : Create a dish for one of New York's finest restaurants: M&#-2096;風e (owned by David ... -
Top Chef All-Stars Double Elimination
2010-12-15 / Famecrawler
Stars Top Chef All-Stars continued tonight. Though, instead of just one chef being sent home, two were to be sent home. For the quick fire, the chefs were split into four teams. They had to do prep work and the first team done started a clock with fifteen minutes on...looked like the most frantic quick fire in Top Chef history. Surprisingly, the team that finished first did not win. Instead, the team with Stephen, Tre, Richard, and Spike won. No immunity this time around; instead, the chefs each won $5,000. The Elimination Challenge involved the chefs dining at one of four different restaurants:... -
'Top Chef All-Stars' Episode 3 recap: It's a double elimination
2010-12-15 / Reality Rewind
Stars’ Episode 3 recap: It’s a double elimination This week’s “Top Chef All-Stars” had less drama than last week’s but continued the trend of shocking eliminations. It was double-elimination week and while it was no surprise to see Stephen go, it was a little shocking for Dale L. to... go. He’s the first former Top Chef runner-up to go. And it’s only week three... -
Top Chef All-Stars: Episode 1, Redeem Thyself
2010-12-02 / Washington Post Blogs
Oh, "Top Chef." Please be kind. I still have post-traumatic winner disorder from the DC season, but I cracked open a bottle of wine and watched some of our favorite and not-so-favorite oldies-but-goodies battle it out in the kitchen once again for what it being billed as an All-Star Season. You're... Stephen has to cook three dishes he's never made because he was eliminated during restaurant wars for focusing too much on service and not food. Jamie has to ask Blais about how to use a Cryovac, which, really? Even I know how to do that. And, in the interview sequence, Angelo traded in last season's... -
Top Chef recap: All-Star season kicks off with a bang
2010-12-02 / US News Portal
...top, with season four's cast winning for a deconstructed Chicago-style hot dog with mustard gelato. Elimination challenge: Take your worst fear. Now multiply that by about 100. In maybe the biggest single bleeping in the show's history, almost every chef (except the newly immunized Season 4 players) yelled expletives when the ingredients for the dish that sent them home...right." The trifecta. Elia . . . she gone. Top group: Richard Blais, Spike, Jamie Lauren, Angelo Sosa (winner) Bottom group: Fabio Viviani, Elia (eliminated), Stephen Asprinio The takeaway: A few things are obvious from the ... -
'Top Chef All-Stars' Premiere Recap: Ghosts of Dishes Past
2010-12-02 / CafeMom Daily Buzz
...Top Chef All-Stars brings together eliminated contestants from the first seven seasons of the show, so all of these guys have their work cut out for them -- and are bringing some big-time agendas to the table. Just as a refresher, here's the line-up: From season one, Tiffiani Faison and Stephen Asprinio. From season... Chicago took the challenge, earning immunity for its four chefs: Spike, Dale T., Richard, and Antonia. But they got off easy. Because the elimination challenge is intense. Each chef is ordered to re-create the dish that got them sent home . Ouch. They get three hours to cook. And... -
'Top Chef: All-Stars': If at first you don't succeed… – The Marquee Blog
2010-12-02 / The Marquee Blog
...have Tiffani and Stephen from season one; Marcel and Elia from season two; Dale L., Casey and Tre from season three; Richard, Antonia, Spike and Dale T. from season four; Carla, Fabio and Jamie from season five; Jen and Mike I. from season six; and Angelo and Tiffany from season seven. What we DON'T have are any "Top Chef" winners. This is ... Fabio forgot what show he was on, or that judges are supposed to, you know, judge. But the minute Elia admitted that she neither tested nor tasted her dish, I knew she was toast. Being the first one kicked off is never fun, but being sent home for the same ... -
Top Chef Exit Interview: Elia blasts Tom Colicchio
2010-12-02 / US News Portal
..." Here is an exit interview with Aboumrad as well as...was just extremely, extremely humiliating to be eliminated on the first episode, especially when ... was going to be the top of every season, which it wasn't. I was...Top Chef' has allowed me to have. I am very, very close to Ilan Hall. Very close to the point that truly we are like family. We have developed a very beautiful friendship. Besides that, I have become good friends with Fabio (Viviani) and Tiffani (Faison). Stephen Asprinio and I have been friends before the show...I am drinking one right now in my home. I'm not kidding, I actually am. We... -
Top Chef: All-Stars Recap
2010-12-02 / Box Office Prophets
...show on television, Top Chef has finally acquiesced to the frequent requests of fans by providing us with an All-Star season. The one notable catch here is that none of the seven winners of the show... time. Once their time on Top Chef was done, they stopped being contestants and started being friends to Tom Colicchio, Padma Lakshmi, Gayle Simmons and returning celebrity judge Anthony Bourdain. People like ... up is fellow first season contestant Stephen Asprinio, who is dressed with the finest in London fashion...Victorian London, that is. Dude looks like he's going to an audition to play Jack the ...
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