I don't know about the rest of you, but my Wednesday nights have been pretty dull ever since the end of the last season of Top Chef. I miss making fun of critiquing and learning from the program that has brought me so much culinary joy these past few years. Fortunately, we'll be getting our Top Chef fix back with the new season of Top Chef Masters when it returns to Bravo on April 7th!
The chef'testants have not yet been announced, but it is reported that resident NYC food show host/stick figure, Kelly Choi, will be returning as host, joined again by last season's TCM judges: former Elvis concubine and infamous restaurant critic Gael Greene, food critic and "Mole Man" Jay Rayner, and Saveur editor James Oseland (I haven't come up with a snarky nickname for him yet). Gail Simmons, whose fantastic boobs personality we all know and love from Top Chef, will be joining the judges' table for this season as well.
Simmons is also set to host the upcoming TC spinoff, Top Chef: Just Desserts, which is currently in development.
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This article appears in Jan 6-12, 2010.