Top Chef

Cookbook author, actress and host Padma Lakshmi, center, presides over the judges table alongside head judge Tom Colicchio, left, renowned culinary figure and chef-owner of Craft Restaurants, and judge Gail Simmons, right, of Food & Wine magazine. This season introduced judge ... moreToby Young, food critic and best-selling author of the book "How to Lose Friends & Alienate People," which was turned into a movie.

"Top Chef" airs Wednesdays at 10 p.m. ET/PT on Bravo.

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