Ok… so I’m a kitchen nerd. Here comes season 4 (I think) of an outstanding show I’ve loved from the start. This is like the “Next Food Network Star” except that these people aren’t necessarily friendly towards each other nor are they trying to impress a camera.

BRAVOtv.com : Top Chef : Season 4 : About the Show

16 Hot New Chefs Take To The Kitchen Along With Padma Lakshmi, Tom Colicchio, Gail Simmons And Ted Allen

Let the flames begin. The newest crop of 16 rising chefs from across the country take on the windy city of Chicago. Returning to the kitchen, cookbook author, actress and host Padma Lakshmi presides over the judge’s table alongside head judge Tom Colicchio, renowned culinary figure and chef/owner, Craft Restaurants, judge Gail Simmons, of Food & Wine Magazine and judge Ted Allen, Emmy-winning cookbook author and TV personality. In what will prove to be the most exciting season yet, some of the biggest and most respected chefs will guest star on “Top Chef: Chicago.”

And although I work until just before midnight, I have my television set to auto-tune to Bravo at 1 am so I can watch the show. Why is this a show I like? I’d like to quote a line from a movie like Armageddon: “Because the money’s good, the scenery changes, and they let me use explosives, okay?” Fire, flames, sharp knives, and back stabbing in it’s finest. It looks like a competition between 8 girls and 7 guys and one person I’ll just have to wait and see. Like always, just from the photos of the contestants or more properly chefs… because lets be honest, as much as I’d love to say I’d be on the show in a moments notice, I’m still learning the proper vocabulary. These “kids” could make this 50 year old, only dream of having the schooling they must of had to get where they are today. But I digress, just from the photos I can see at least one spiked hair cut and 2 or 3 giving the camera one of those “I’m great” snob looks. Seems the network always likes to keep one or two of the misfits around to keep the others in line, lol.
Well here hoping to a great new season…