Top Chef and Jawbreaker

Premiere to look out for –
It’s about that time of year, where the reality cooking shows return in full force. You have Food Network’s “Who will be the Next Food Network Star,” and Fox’s “Hell’s Kitchen” with firecracker (and lookey-likey disarmingly close to my boyfriend) Gordon Ramsey. But the premiere I’m most anticipating is Bravo’s “Top Chef,” with it’s 3rd Season premiere this Wednesday @ 10pm.

"Top Chef" differs from its Food Network counterpart especially when it comes to prize winnings. In “Next Food Network star”, the grand prize is a show on the channel. Charisma, personality and on-screen presence are all vital needs for these potential stars, and are judged just as much as the food that they cook. “Top Chef” does have certain “missions” where personality is a plus, but for the most part this show is straight cooking, as well as displaying leadership or team player qualities which seem much more important in the world of food and running a successful restaurant. That means the meanest, cockiest, most anti-social jerks have a chance of winning it all. And as proven by Gordon Ramsey on “Hell’s Kitchen”, jerks can get their own shows too!
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But don't miss "Hell's Kitchen" either, or you will miss a grown man cry! And boy, does he cry a lot!

Season 3 of “Top Chef” is set in Miami, and the addition of Ted Allen from “Queer Eye” is a great move on the show’s part. Allen is one of my favorite judges on “Iron Chef” and is also the author of the book THE FOOD YOU WANT TO EAT.

Bonus if you’ve got HBO and 2 hours to spare – JAWBREAKER is on HBO this month. I stopped dead in my Friday night tracks and watched this entire film last week. It holds up well, and the 90’s soundtrack is nice little blast from the past. See Marilyn Manson sans make-up (but still looking skeevy) and Rebecca Gayheart (Noxema Girl!) and Judy Greer (Kitty on Arrested Development!) play teenagers.
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