Critic Reviews
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The New York Times Virginia Heffernan
Like Bravo's fashion winner "Project Runway," the channel's promising "Top Chef" flaunts terms of art and insiderism to give it authority. |
| 70 |
San Jose Mercury News Charlie McCollum
The series has a familiar format, but the opening episode suggests it may have some real spark to it. |
| 70 |
Los Angeles Times Paul Brownfield
"Top Chef" seems like a no-brainer, an extension both of the interactivity of TV cooking and the art-and-craft side of reality shows, in which people are actually making things as opposed to just asses of themselves. |
| 60 |
Hollywood Reporter Marilyn Moss
A cooking match that has been seen so many times before in one form or another. |
| 40 |
Chicago Tribune Maureen Ryan
"Top Chef," though it appears to have a stable of good talent in the kitchen, so far doesn't really have much else going for it in the way of personalities. |
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