When does frozen mousse trump perfectly cooked halibut? When you're on Top Chef ! Despite her nearly inedible, ice-hard confection, Sarah — with some major backing from Tom Colicchio — made it to the finale with Paul over her pal Lindsay Autry , whose err more

  "We do battle it out at the judges table because we like to make sure we feel good about our decision," says host Padma Lakshmi. "Oftentimes Tom will step in as the guiding force because we take it seriously and take our time. And we don't get paid more

After re-entering the competition following her Last Chance Kitchen victory and earning a spot in the final four, Beverly Kim 's second Top Chef stint came to a quick end when she lost all three rounds in the Olympics-inspired tasks. "I was eliminated twi more

We're not in Texas anymore! On this week's "Top Chef: Texas," the final four chef-testants head up to the frozen north in the form of Whistler, British Columbia for their next challenge. In the quickfire challenge this week, the chef'testants must prepare more

Edward Lee would like to point out that he technically was in the final four of Top Chef — for a few hours. But then Beverly , having won Last Chance Kitchen , returned to the game and out-cooked him for a spot in the actual final four. "It is what it is. more

There is no way to say this gently, so we're just gonna put it out there: The top women on this season's Top Chef are dreadful. If it hasn't been the seeming ineptitude of flaky "Last Chance Kitchen" returnee Bev, it's been the grotesque self-congratulato more

This season, "Top Chef: Texas" tried something new. Last Chance Kitchen gave the eliminated chef'testants the opportunity to win their way back into the competition. On this week's show, we find out the winner and see their re-entry into the group.It's do more

Grayson Schmitz 's big Top Chef adventure came to an end when her stuffed chicken dish for guest judge Pee Wee Herman was deemed... well, we don't really know what. It was big and featured multiple seasonal flavors, but it wasn't under-seasoned or underco more