Top Chef Masters

[Food Network Fan]

3 Chicago foodies go stove-to-stove on 'Top Chef Masters'
Chicago Sun-Times - Chicago,IL,USA
Other competitors are: Wilo Benet, of Pikayo, San Juan, Puerto Rico; John Besh, of Restaurant August, New Orleans; Michael Chiarello, of Bottega Restaurant, ...

[Pluff Mudder]

Cool! Knew this show was in the works and now I've got a premiere date. I know who I'll be pulling for - John Besh! Lots of big name chef in this group.

[Food Network Fan]

Can Michael Chiarello and John Besh both win? I would love to see both of them get it.

[Pluff Mudder]

Nah... got to be Besh. He should have been the one picked for the next Iron Chef.

[Food Network Fan]

I agree. I would still like to see them give him a show.

[Food Network Fan]

The list of chefs.


- Rick Bayless – Frontera Grill, Chicago, Ill.
- Wilo Benet – Pikayo, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- John Besh – Restaurant August, New Orleans, LA
- Graham Elliot Bowles – Graham Elliot Restaurant, Chicago, Ill.
- Michael Chiarello – Bottega Restaurant, Yountville, Calif.
- Michael Cimarusti – Providence, Los Angeles, Calif.
- Wylie Dufresne – wd~50, New York, N.Y.
- Elizabeth Falkner – Orson, San Francisco, Calif.
- Hubert Keller – Fleur de Lys, San Francisco, Calif.
- Christopher Lee – Aureole, New York, N.Y.
- Ludo Lefebvre – Ludo Bites, Los Angeles, Calif.
- Anita Lo – Annisa, New York, N.Y.
- Tim Love – The Lonesome Dove Western Bistro, Fort Worth, Texas
- Rick Moonen – Rick Moonen’s RM Seafood at Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas, Nev.
- Nils Noren – French Culinary Institute, New York, N.Y.
- Lachlan McKinnon Patterson – Frasca Food & Wine, Boulder, Colo.
- Cindy Pawlcyn – Mustards Grill, Napa Valley, Calif.
- Mark Peel – Campanile, Los Angeles, Calif.
- Douglas Rodriguez – Alma de Cuba, Philadelphia, PA
- Michael Schlow – Radius Restaurant, Boston, Mass.
- Art Smith – Table Fifty-Two, Chicago, Ill.
- Suzanne Tracht – Jar, Los Angeles, Calif.
- Jonathan Waxman – Barbuto, New York, N.Y.
- Roy Yamaguchi – Roy's Restaurants, San Diego, Calif.

[BerryBaby]

Wonder how they picked them? I've got to root for my FN favorite...Michael Chiarello

[ibcheft]

It would be nice if each of the chefs did a series of cooking shows to follow up, the competition. I really like Chef Besh, Chef Bayless, and Chef Chiarello, oh and Chef Love also. Each of the chefs in this are good in the own rights. I would love to be a judge on this show, sorry you all win and each get your own series to start immediately, showing 16 hours a day and no repeats until further notice. Oh well at least I can dream, but this will be one show I will not miss. I bet this took some work to get all these chefs to take time out for this but than it all goes to charity, what a great concept. I can not wait for it to start.

[Pluff Mudder]

Bet this is going to be better than "Top Chief" and can't wait for the first episode.

Here's the show's website at Bravo: Top Chef Masters - Bravo TV Official Site

[Food Network Fan]

What makes it tough in these competitions is that there are chefs with very different styles and you can enjoy more than one type chef, just as you enjoy more than one type of food. That's why it's tough for me to choose. Michael is probably my favorite Italian Chef of all time, but I loved eating in New Orleans too which is John Besh's style. I am really more familiar with Michael's overall style and I know his cooking appeals to me because I have followed him for years. But I would love to see more from John Besh after seeing him compete for Iron Chef. Yeah okay ... I'll admit they both are easy to look at too.

I love them both.