Check out this show on BRAVO--"Top Chef."
I watched it tonight--its premiere episode for season 4.
It was interesting. It's fascinating to see the competition between the different chefs, and to see who will be eliminated each week (usually it's just one person).
But then that's nothing new--there are a raft of these reality/competition shows out there these days, and they all follow the "American Idol" script--take unknown persons, have them compete against each other at something, give them the chance to become famous, invent interesting and different contests for them each week, have them get slowly eliminated week by week, give a big role to a panel of usually 3 judges, have competitors with strong personalities who will clash, have judges with the same gifts who will be blunt and perhaps clash with the contestants, etc etc etc.
What's unique with this show: they have to cook, and it can be fascinating to see how they concoct various dishes, what spices and products they use, how their cooking holds up. On this first Top Chef episode, for example, one thing they all had to make was deep dish pizza. Anyway, check it out. But don't watch it when hungry.
