‘Top Chef’ 17: A super-sized 70% say that Lee Anne Wong should have packed her knives [Poll Results]
Given that this season of Bravo’s “Top Chef” features 15 culinary whizzes from seasons past who just missed winning in their previous appearances, it is going to hurt every time one of these All Stars are sent packing. That is how I felt when Season 15 veteran Joe Sasto, he of the fab handlebar mustache and a knack for making fresh pasta was given the heave-ho on the March 19 premiere.
It’s true the Lost Angeles-based chef, who specializes in modern Italian cuisine, did commit several cooking sins both during the quickfire challenge and during the elimination round. In the quickfire, he chose to roll out fresh pasta and cook it without knowing how much time his team had to finish. Judge Padma Lakshmi was visibly displeased and described his homemade noodles as being “doughy, dry and chewy.” Luckily, his team made up for his flaws and won the challenge.
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It’s true the Lost Angeles-based chef, who specializes in modern Italian cuisine, did commit several cooking sins both during the quickfire challenge and during the elimination round. In the quickfire, he chose to roll out fresh pasta and cook it without knowing how much time his team had to finish. Judge Padma Lakshmi was visibly displeased and described his homemade noodles as being “doughy, dry and chewy.” Luckily, his team made up for his flaws and won the challenge.
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- 3/24/2020
- by Susan Wloszczyna
- Gold Derby
Exclusive: North American distribution rights to Linda Ronstadt: The Sound Of My Voice have been co-acquired by Greenwich Entertainment and 1091 (formerly The Orchard).
The documentary, directed by Oscar winning filmmakers Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman and produced by James Keach and Michele Farinola and CNN Films, had its World Premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival in April and recently took the Documentary Audience Award at the Provincetown International Film Festival.
Co-financed by Keach’s Pch Films and CNN Films, the latter has also acquired broadcast television rights for North America. It will open in theaters in September. It is a powerful and no-holds barred look at the 1960s and ’70s music icon whose voice transcends all genres, and as I said when I wrote about its Tribeca premiere, the film is another sterling example in the wave of musical documentaries and biopics sweeping the theatrical exhibition scene.
Constructed from interviews over 50 years,...
The documentary, directed by Oscar winning filmmakers Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman and produced by James Keach and Michele Farinola and CNN Films, had its World Premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival in April and recently took the Documentary Audience Award at the Provincetown International Film Festival.
Co-financed by Keach’s Pch Films and CNN Films, the latter has also acquired broadcast television rights for North America. It will open in theaters in September. It is a powerful and no-holds barred look at the 1960s and ’70s music icon whose voice transcends all genres, and as I said when I wrote about its Tribeca premiere, the film is another sterling example in the wave of musical documentaries and biopics sweeping the theatrical exhibition scene.
Constructed from interviews over 50 years,...
- 7/1/2019
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
“I have a big mouth,” says Dominique Crenn, the first woman in America to receive a third Michelin star. “And I’m not afraid to use it.” She used it as a schoolgirl in Paris, standing up to classmates who challenged her. (“Boys would tell me, ‘I’m smarter than you,’ and I’d be like, ‘Are you fucking serious?’ ”) She used it when she left Paris for San Francisco in her twenties, talking her way into a job with one of the country’s most acclaimed chefs, Jeremiah Tower,...
- 3/4/2019
- by Rachel Levin
- Rollingstone.com
Anthony Bourdain had a profound influence on television during his 16 years on the air, thanks to his immense talent and the fortuitous timing of his rise to prominence.
Bourdain parlayed the success of his 2000 memoir “Kitchen Confidential” into his first TV series just as the expansion of the cable TV universe created huge new demand for all manner of niche programming. Food Network and other lifestyle-focused cablers such as Bravo and TLC grew by leaps and bounds in the early 2000s, which helped to fuel mainstream interest in the culinary world and its stars. This expansion opened the door for Bourdain to thrive in his signature hybrid food-travelogue format.
“He shows you that there was a story behind the chef and a story behind every plate of food,” says Allen Salkin, a veteran food writer and author of the Food Network history “From Scratch.”
“Even a show like ‘Top Chef...
Bourdain parlayed the success of his 2000 memoir “Kitchen Confidential” into his first TV series just as the expansion of the cable TV universe created huge new demand for all manner of niche programming. Food Network and other lifestyle-focused cablers such as Bravo and TLC grew by leaps and bounds in the early 2000s, which helped to fuel mainstream interest in the culinary world and its stars. This expansion opened the door for Bourdain to thrive in his signature hybrid food-travelogue format.
“He shows you that there was a story behind the chef and a story behind every plate of food,” says Allen Salkin, a veteran food writer and author of the Food Network history “From Scratch.”
“Even a show like ‘Top Chef...
- 6/8/2018
- by Cynthia Littleton
- Variety Film + TV
Film is certainly not dead! The box office may be down due to a steady diet of crap fed by the studio system, but even if Baywatch (the whipping boy for this year’s domestic box office) had been decent, would we have remembered it months later? Hollywood did churn out some good films–the best of which were considered crowd pleasers with a charm all their own; films like Coco and Girls Trip offered big laughs with a lot of heart. Those that took risks, notably Get Out, also found themselves rewarded while too much risk (mother!) proved to turn off casual moviegoers, even if they offered pleasure for those resisting a literal reading of what was on screen.
At the art house (and those multiplexes that offer a screen or two to quality films), it was a virtual embarrassment of cinematic riches, with no shortage of stimulating conversation...
At the art house (and those multiplexes that offer a screen or two to quality films), it was a virtual embarrassment of cinematic riches, with no shortage of stimulating conversation...
- 1/6/2018
- by John Fink
- The Film Stage
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