A+ List

More famous faces added to Bravo's 'A-List':

Justin Timberlake
Sandra Bullock
Padma Lakshmi - - Ana Ortiz
Kenneth Cole (the shoe guy?)
Kendra Wilkinson (?)
Lance Bass - - - Niecy Nash
Lisa Lampanelli (I've seen her live)
Rachel Dratch - - Maria Bamford
Jenni Pulos - - - Todd English
Milla Jovovich - - Gwen Stefani
Neil Patrick Harris
Jenny McCarthy - - Emily Procter
Chelsea Handler - - Kelly Rowland
Laurel Holloman
Tyson Beckford - - Kate Flannery
Bruce Vilanch - - Fred Willard
Jose Andres - - - Cat Cora
Rafael Saadiq (music)

''... are all gearing up to appear on 'The A-List Awards''
- That means tiaras plus elbow & knee pads, right?

'Bravo' for casual awards... yeah they're all still giant 'pat-us-on-the-back' fests, but at least they're fluffy, not stuffy.

FYI: Kathy Griffin, “My Life On The D-List,” will host the ceremony, honoring 'the best in food, fashion, beauty, design and pop culture' on Bravo, Wed. April 15 at 10 PM EST.

Naughty Padma

She's leading us astray... Earlier there was this chocolate-y pose (above) and now she's on tv fondling Carl jr's sloppy burger... Has it done her reputation any damage? - Perhaps, if you use this scientific NY Daily News poll as evidence:

Who would you buy a burger from?

Padma.... 72%
Paris........ 3%
Neither.. 25%

Also: Padma without food or, ahem, much of anything else.

(See? I told you she was leading us astray!)

p.s. Will be downloading TC pics tomorrow, hopefully!

Food 4 Thought

Since we're only a few days away from the last part of S4, I thought you'd enjoy seeing some Top Chef Finale statistics.

via TWoP's tripon & healing fish:

All previous TC winners were under 30 when they won.
Both Steph, and Richard are over 30. Lisa is 27.

2 of 3 winners had Asian backgrounds, Harold & Hung.
Lisa also has an Asian cooking background.

All previous winners were sous chefs or line cooks,
both Richard and Steph are Exec chefs/Head chefs.
Who is a sous chef? (Or a line cook) Its Lisa.

2 of 3 winners had 4 letters in their name, Hung & Ilan.
Lisa has four letters in her first name.

All 3 previous winners had short, closely-cropped
hair and did not have big fauxhawks. Bingo.

Or as I would say it... 'Uh Oh'

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A one-minute Padma cooking interview.


Its from Google video, hopefully it will work...

The Truth, Improv'd

Take a look at the links. Now we really know that the wrong gal was packing her knives...

Padma, looking at Jen just after the PYK&G moment. She looks quite distressed, no doubt about it.

More convinced that ever that TomC was the one actually influencing Ted and Padma go go along with dumping Jen in favor of the drama duo. Purely a ratings ploy?... or something else?

Top Chef's own Lee Anne wrote in her blog:

I was sad to see Jen go. Again, everything is judged a single challenge at a time, and she is WAY more skilled than some of the remaining contestants. She is the Tre of this season, having gone home too early. I had found her food up until that point to be not only inspired and original, but food that I would eat anytime.

And Jen's quoted here in NYmag:

What did you like about your dish?
Just the technique of caramelizing goat cheese like that is really unique. The chefs, the other contestants, devoured the leftovers. They were like: “This is the bomb, this is so good.” No one had seen that technique with the cheese before.

When other chefs gobble down Jen's food... need I say more?

TWoP poll update: Now 90% think Antonia/Lisa deserved knifing.