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The Jet Stream: And then there were four

November 20, 2009 • 1:41 p.m.

With the multitude of chef competition shows out there, no one can quite compare with TC. They have even out done themselves this year.

Top Chef Episode 12: Culinary Olympics

November 20, 2009 • 11:20 a.m.

The lesson of the Bocuse d'Or: Keep it simple, stupid.

Alex Stratta hosts Top Chef viewing at Wynn; cheftestants down to four

November 19, 2009 • 9:24 a.m.

It was no surprise, at least for avid Wynn Race & Sports Book Director Johnny Avello devotees and Top Chef Las Vegas fans, that cheftestant Eli was ...

Strip Scribbles: Three Las Vegas chefs guest star on Top Chef

November 18, 2009 • 1:06 p.m.

The remaining chef-testants on Bravo’s Top Chef Las Vegas face the Culinary Olympics tonight. The challenge is based on the Bocuse d’Or, the prestigious ...

Strip Scribbles: New Top Chef Las Vegas odds after Robin’s exit

November 12, 2009 • 2:59 p.m.

Serving breakfast in bed to guest judge Nigella Lawson and Top Chef host Padma Lakshmi shouldn’t have been the nerve-wracking assignment it proved ...

Strip Scribbles: Las Vegas stars pay tribute to troops on Veterans Day

November 11, 2009 • 3:55 p.m.

Wayne Newton, who serves as the chairman of the USO Celebrity Circle, will welcome more than 100 men and women in uniform to his Tropicana show ...

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Top Chef Episode 12

November 19, 2009

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11.20.09 · 1:41 PM

The Jet Stream: And then there were four

Wow, what a week of TC. Like I said before, it came down to fine dining skills to make it into the Top 4. This must have been a tough week to leave for Eli. Coming this far and not making it to Napa. As we start to wind down the season it’s important, I think, to just take a moment and appreciate the level of skill of these cheftestants. With the multitude of chef competition shows out there, no ... Read more...

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11.20.09 · 11:20 AM

Top Chef Episode 12: Culinary Olympics

Keep it simple, stupid. Often shortened to the acronym KISS, this half-insult, half-sound advice effectively sums up the road to success used in this week’s episode of Top Chef: Las Vegas. It’s a bit ironic, really, because none of this season’s prior challenges tested the chef’testants’ culinary skills (and nerves) quite like the Bocuse d’Or. Explained by chef’testant Jennifer Carroll as the “Olympics of Culinary,” the Bocuse d’Or is the championship of championships for chefs, bringing together the culinary elite ... Read more...

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11.13.09 · 11:10 AM

Top Chef Episode 11: Child’s play

“Child’s play.” That’s what guest judge Nigella Lawson called panna cotta on Wednesday night’s episode of Top Chef: Las Vegas right before sending Robin home for flubbing her version of the Italian dessert. I’d reserve “child’s play” for plates like mac and cheese and scrambled eggs, but then again, I’m not a British cookbook author with my own line of curvaceous kitchenware, and Robin, I suppose, is not a Top Chef-obsessed journalist who considers following a recipe with favorable results ... Read more...

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11.12.09 · 6:22 PM

The Jet Stream: The three stages of chefdom

With Robin finally eliminated, I think it’s time to reflect on the ones that didn’t make it and size up the remaining competitors. Now, we are into the final five, and it’s a strong group. Each of them has their strengths and weaknesses. Robin represents a lot of folks that have not been formally trained nor have worked enough fine dining or high volume/high exposure kitchens. It’s hard to explain, but there is that magic something that either going to ... Read more...

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11.11.09 · 2:32 PM

Tonight! “Top Chef” watch party with Las Vegas’ top chefs

Eleven weeks into Top Chef: Las Vegas, local fans probably haven’t gotten any closer to Bravo’s hit culinary competition than their living room TV set. As Weekly columnist Steve Friess addressed in a recent column, the show has been largely ignored by Las Vegas restaurants and chefs, even ones that have been featured this season. Unless you were invited to recent events with Rick Moonen of RM Seafood or Paul Bartolotta of Bartolotta Ristorante di Mare, most Top Chef fans ... Read more...

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11.10.09 · 12:15 AM

Top Chef Odds Week 11: And then there were six

Top Chef is the kind of show that sneaks up on you. One minute a crowd in white coats and clogs are bumping into each other during frantic Quickfires, the next, the kitchen is nearly empty and every last morsel is being scrutinized. Coming into week 11, six chef’testants remain in the competition: bearded boy-next-door Kevin, almost-loving brothers Michael and Bryan, blonde and all-business Jennifer, Eli the youngster and is-she-really-still-here? Robin. At this point, their exhaustion is almost palpable. The ... Read more...

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10.31.09 · 12:04 PM

Top Chef Episode 10: Bartolotta live

Let’s start with the branzino. Salt-crusted with a citrus sauce, the baked fish that the Top Chef: Las Vegas chef’testants were chowing at Bartolotta Ristorante di Mare during Wednesday night’s episode was flavorful and melt-in-your-mouth moist. I know, because I was eating it while I watched. In honor of his appearance as a guest judge on Top Chef, Paul Bartolotta hosted a watch party in the chef’s room of his Wynn Las Vegas restaurant. Friends, family and local media ate, ... Read more...

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10.29.09 · 1:39 PM

The Jet Stream: Sex, TV dinners and Bartolotta

Ding dong, Mike I. is gone. You all know that I’ve chaired the Mike I. hater society. Last night’s episode embodies why I‘ve always hated on Mike. He spent almost 10 weeks tummy sucked in, shoulders out, touting, I’m a big dog here and I know all types of cuisine, I can cook anything! Was I the only one that noticed he had the same pattern every episode? 1: No matter what the challenge was, he was like, “Oh, I ... Read more...

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10.27.09 · 4:52 PM

Top Chef Odds Week 10: Portman and Paul

This week, the remaining Top Chef chef’testants (they’re dropping like flies!) will have to do battle in front of two intimidating personalities: actress Natalie Portman and James Beard Award-winning chef Paul Bartolotta. So, who’s scarier to cook for, the attractive ingenue or the master of Italian seafood? Oddly, this weeks odds are betting on Kevin, who has managed to keep his cool throughout this season, but delivered a poorly cooked lamb last week - a dish designed by Laurine - ... Read more...

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10.27.09 · 12:11 PM

“Top Chef” sweetens up with pastry series “Just Desserts”

Move over savory, Top Chef is going sweet. Yesterday, Bravo announced that the Emmy Award-winning culinary competition is spawning a pastry edition to be cleverly titled Top Chef: Just Desserts. The new show will feature pastry chefs from around the country battling Top Chef-style over tarts, cakes, ice cream and other confections in a variety of challenges. (Can one be building a life-sized statue of Padma out of chocolate? Please?) Desserts have long been an Achilles heel for chef’testants on ... Read more...

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Cocktail of the Week

Cocktail of the Week Nov 19, 2009
by Xania Woodman

The Jaded Kiss

The bar is open! Or rather, back open. Adjacent to Dos Caminos at Palazzo, itty bitty Fusion Mixology Bar has gotten itself some fresh new beats and mixology talent as ...
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