Enough Las Vegas. “Top Chef” will moves to California’s Napa Valley for the season finale, set for 9 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 9, on Bravo. The final four (I’ve been guessing Kevin, Jen and the Voltaggios, but unless Jen shapes up,…

Desserts have always been tough for “Top Chef” competitors, as witnessed during last week’s “Restaurant Wars” episode, when one team (call them The Losers) threw in the towel without even offering a sweet finish. So what’s Bravo doing? Spinning off…

Bravo has picked up Season 7 of its great reality-competition “Top Chef” and announced open casting calls in seven cities. Let’s get somebody from St. Louis on the show this time, what do you say? St. Louis chefs, you’re great,…

Chef Hubert Keller has fielded so many questions about the dishes he cooked on Bravo’s “Top Chef Masters” that he’ll add some of them to the menu at his steakhouse, SLeeK, at Lumiere Place. Friday, for one night only, SleeK will offer…

Chef Hubert Keller

Bravo wrapped up the super-chef competition “Top Chef Masters” Wednesday night with a dazzling final challenge that called on chefs Hubert Keller (whose restaurants include SLeeK and Burger Bar at Lumiere Place in St. Louis), Michael Chiarello and…

NBC is building an edifice on the back lawn of the Langham hotel in Pasadena, home of the Television Critics Association’s summer press tour. The second of the broadcast networks (after CBS) to present its fall schedule, NBC will gather its…

I’ve enjoyed “Top Chef: Masters” well enough, but it’s great news that the real thing is back  Aug. 26 on Bravo with a season shot in Las Vegas. All the usual players are back, including judge Gail Simmons, who missed…

Think “Top Chef,” only with paintings and sculpture. Bravo is casting aspiring artists for an as-yet-untitled series being produced by Sarah Jessica Parker’s company, Pretty Matches, with Magical Elves (”Project Runway”).

“In each episode of the series, contestants will create unique…

Stephanie

Dale

Finally get to taste the dishes prepared by Bravo’s “Top Chefs” when Stephanie Izard (Season 4 winner) and Dale Levitski (Season 2 contestant) come to Soulard Market Wednesday. Three one-hour demonstrations (with samples promised) are set for 10:30 a.m., noon…

Bravo's "Real Housewives of New Jersey"

In a week filled with season and series finales (see the full list here) on the broadcast networks, cable rolls out some new offerings, mostly in the “freak show” vein. Watch them or run screaming to…