Top Chef Winner Is…

Obviously this is spoiler-riffic. Last night we learned who the Top Chef 2010 winner is. The final 3 contestants, Angelo, Ed and Kevin were competing in Singapore for the final cook-off. In case you missed it, Kelly was kicked off last week after she failed to wow anyone with her Asian dishes. This further makes me cringe as Tiffany should have been the one to go to Singapore.

Bias aside, last week we were left hanging as the final three were caught off guard post elimination by Padma as she called them back to the judges table after Kelly was sent packing. She and the judges announced that they each had to make a four-course meal. It must include one vegetable course, one fish course, one meat course and one dessert. Dessert is like the kiss of death on Top Chef so I am glad to see they harnessed the drama and made it mandatory. This is also where things turned sexy. Ilan Hall, Hung Huynh and Michael Voltaggio were the 3 contestants sous chefs. I missed me some Voltaggio.

Enter Angelo’s conveniently timed sickness. I am not going to say I think he was faking because I have no proof other than the oddities that were conveyed. He claimed to have a migraine and bouts of vomiting and even muttered half convincingly “But can I cook though?” It was reminiscent of my days of fakery “But can I go to school? I don’t want to miss the calculus test. *Cough, Cough*” Alas, I could be wrong.

This left Angelos’ sous, Hung Huynh, to create and execute Angelos’ final meal. Obviously this isn’t Top Sous Chef so it was pretty much obvious Angelo was out. Ed followed with a dessert breakdown. He and Ilan failed to work as a unit and he started to let his attitude cloud his abilities. This pretty much left Kevin and Michael only having to get along and crank out something that edible.

At judges table, Gail had returned to her Top Chef judging duties. Angelo was well enough to stand and hear critiques about his (Hung’s) food. The winner for Top Chef Season 7 is Kevin Sbraga! Angelo will return to his mail order Russian bride without the win.

Gail’s Top Chef: Just Desserts premiered following the finale. I didn’t get to watch, so your thoughts on the show would be great. A reunion show will reveal that Ed was bummed he drew Ilan for a sous and Kevin also didn’t want to work with him.

62nd Emmy Awards 2010: Winners List and PHOTOS

Last night tv actors pat each other on the back and handed out statues for who did the best job not saying F-word and making people either laugh or cry.

The Emmy’s were hosted by Jimmy Fallon and it made me reminisce the days he was funny despite the fact he constantly looked at the camera and giggled during SNL skits. Most of my tv favs took home accolades. Jim Parsons was wearing enough makeup to make Christina Aguilera bite her lip in a “honey-no” moment, but took home for Best Actor in a Comedy Series and being the ultimate sexy nerd. (Let me have my dreams.)

Modern Family” won for Best Comedy Series and while I feel they deserved it, I fear that Al Bundy will be streaking in place of Sofia Vergara’s nudity promise should they win.

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Mad Men” won for Best Drama Series while “Top Chef” won best reality program because food porn is awesome. Supporting Actress for Drama Series went to Archie Panjabi from “The Good Wife.” Claire Danes, who looked gorgeous, took home a win for her role in the made for tv movie “Temple Grandin.” (The film is a tale of Temple Grandin and his battle to cope with autism in a modern world.)

Click HERE for the Emmy Best Dressed List!

62nd Emmy Awards 2010 – Full Winners List

– Drama Series: “Mad Men,” AMC.
– Comedy Series: “Modern Family,” ABC.
– Actor, Drama Series: Bryan Cranston, “Breaking Bad,” AMC.
– Actress, Drama Series: Kyra Sedgwick, “The Closer,” TNT.
– Actor, Comedy Series: Jim Parsons, “The Big Bang Theory,” CBS.
– Actress, Comedy Series: Edie Falco, “Nurse Jackie,” Showtime.
– Supporting Actor, Drama Series: Aaron Paul, “Breaking Bad,” AMC.
– Supporting Actress, Drama Series: Archie Panjabi, “The Good Wife,” CBS.
– Supporting Actor, Comedy Series: Eric Stonestreet, “Modern Family,” ABC.
– Supporting Actress, Comedy Series: Jane Lynch, “Glee,” Fox.
– Miniseries: “The Pacific,” HBO.
– Made-for-TV Movie: “Temple Grandin,” HBO.
– Actor, Miniseries or Movie: Al Pacino, “You Don’t Know Jack,” HBO.
– Actress, Miniseries or Movie: Claire Danes, “Temple Grandin,” HBO.
– Supporting Actor, Miniseries or Movie: David Strathairn, “Temple Grandin,” HBO.
– Supporting Actress, Miniseries or Movie: Julia Ormond, “Temple Grandin,” HBO.
– Directing for a Comedy Series: Ryan Murphy, “Glee,” Fox.
– Directing, Drama Series: Steve Shill, “Dexter,” Showtime.
– Directing, Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special: Mick Jackson, “Temple Grandin,” HBO.
– Directing, Variety, Music or Comedy Special: Bucky Gunts, “Vancouver 2010 Winter Games Opening Ceremony,” NBC.
– Variety, Music or Comedy Series: “The Daily Show,” Comedy Central.
– Reality Competition Program: “Top Chef,” Bravo.
– Writing for Comedy Series: Steven Levitan, Christopher Lloyd, “Modern Family,” ABC.
– Writing, Drama Series: Matthew Weiner and Erin Levy, “Mad Men,” AMC.
– Writing, Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special: Adam Mazer, “You Don’t Know Jack,” HBO.
– Writing, Variety, Music or Comedy Special: 63rd Annual Tony Awards, CBS.

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Padma Lakshmi Gives Birth

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Former model turned “Top Chef” host Padma Lakshmi has welcomed a baby girl! Krishna Thea Lakshmi was born Saturday and is Lakshmi’s first child.

Per People:

“Mother and baby are well and happy,” her rep tells People.

Padma announced she was expecting last October and the pregnancy was considered “a medical miracle” because she suffers from endometriosis, a condition that can lead to infertility. She has yet to reveal the identity of the baby’s father but there’s speculation that the daddy is Adam Dell, a venture capitalist who teaches at Columbia Business School in NYC. Other names that have surfaced in connection with her pregnancy include Teddy Forstmann and celebrity chef Daniel Boulud.

Congratulations to the new mommy!

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Top Chef Winner 2009!

Obviously we have a SPOILER ALERT right here. The 2009 winner of Top Chef has been crowned, handed some cash and gets to prance around with a sash waving a zucchini in the air victoriously.

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The 2009 season of Top Chef was one of the better seasons. Between early front runners Kevin, Jennifer and the Voltaggio brothers and the ever annoying Robin, you had a good mix of raw talent and pure dumb luck (ahem…Robin). Kevin and his beard one the hearts of America and was named fan favorite.

I was standing by my person favs. Of course, I watched for impure reasons. I have been harboring a not-so-secret crush on the Voltaggio brothers who bickered through the entire season and made me want to say: “Boys, boys, boys! Stop arguing. There is enough of me to go around!” Bryan, the slightly older brother, seemed like the type to roll over the next morning and make you waffles after a night of sexy times, while Michael would have made your eyes roll back into you head and then slip out before daylight saying: “Thanks! See ya later Carla!”

The winner? Michael Voltaggio barely won the title as Top Chef. He had stiff competition and despite a dessert issue (desserts were mandatory this year) he managed to walk away the winner. Part of me really pulled for his brother. Bryan seemed more deserving of the title and Michael lacked any kind of humility.

Alas…another season is over and I will have to turn to Food Network for my food porn fix.

Padma Lakshmi Makes Love to Hardee’s Burger – Video

Apparently everyone is going bacon crazy over this commercial for Hardees in which the hot ho from “Top Chef” eats a burger.

Padma Lakshmi eating a Hardee’s burger hardly does anything for me. Now if Jonathan Rhys Meyers were to eat the burger shirtless and a little drunk while in bed and watching “House” it’d be perfect.

Top Chef Contest Feels Used for His Body

I am “Top Chef” junkie. Food and tv is a stellar combination.

Last night Jeff McInnes was FINALLY sent home. He works at some restaurant named after a lady self gratification device, DiLido Beach Club. After finally get his boring self kicked off the show (ho please, you are no Carla) he whined to People that the show used him as some kind of “sex object.”

People Via MSNBC:

“Q: How do you think you’ll be remembered on the show? What impression did you leave?

A: I think the show used me as some kind of sex object. Every single show that I’ve ever seen, they have me with my shirt off in the beginning — which is kind of strange. I don’t run around the house naked half the time like they portrayed me. It seems like a camera was always following me around trying to find me whenever I’m taking my clothes off to change in the morning or at night. So, to be used like that is always fun.”

WHAT? If he did strut around in a state of undress I didn’t notice. He is about as appealing as soggy broccoli. So here is another open letter…

Dear Soggy Piece of Broccoli,

You are not that hot.

Love,

Hollywood Dame

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