Laurel, the East Passyunk restaurant known for its tasting menu, is taking over In the Valley, the wine bar next door. Both establishments are run by Top Chef winner Nicholas Elmi. As part of the expansion, Laurel is switching to a la carte dining when it reopens April 5. It currently is undergoing renovations.
Here’s What All 17 ‘Top Chef’ Winners Are Doing Now Jeremy Repanich
Top Chef, thankfully, continues to stand out from its reality TV competition. Unlike other cooking shows where you may see home cooks try to make opulent desserts, precocious child chefs get yelled at by Gordon Ramsay or industry pros forced to cook a meal from baskets filled with marmite and goat’s brains, the Emmy Award winner is actually trying to suss out who is a great chef.
Last year, for
Top Chef All Stars LA, there was a bit of a cognitive dissonance. The season had been filmed the fall before, when Covid-19 virus didn’t even exist in humans. It was strange, yet at times comforting, to see a world not in lockdown unspooling before us. It offered a brief reprieve from the wrath the pandemic was exacting upon the restaurant industry that the show celebrates. This year, it’ll be different. The hosts, cheftestants, crew and rotating panel of guests judges bubbled together in Port
The Top Chef Portland Trailer Is Finally Here E! 2/8/2021
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Bravo just released the first trailer for
Top Chef season 18 taking place in Portland, Oregon. Fifteen new contestants will compete for the top prize of $250,000 when the hit cooking series premieres on Apr. 1.
In addition to returning judges
Top Chef winners and finalists for the first time ever. Fan-favorites including
Richard Blais,
Dale Talde and
Brooke Williamson will all make appearances on the new season, which was filmed last year amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
The trailer teases one hilarious celebrity guest appearance by comedy duo and
Portlandia co-stars