Ready to Pack up Your Knives and Go?

Top Chef announces Casting Calls for Upcoming Season


"Top Chef" Casting Calls are as follows:

NEW YORK - UPSTATE
Saturday, May 10, 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
The Culinary Institute of America
1946 Campus Dr., Hyde Park, NY

NEW YORK - MANHATTAN
Sunday, May 11, 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
The Culinary Institute of America
399 Lafayette St. (at East 4th street)

LOS ANGELES
Monday, May 26, 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Cicada Restaurant

Bravo's "Top Chef" offers a fascinating window into the competitive,
pressure-filled environment of world-class cookery and the restaurant
business at
the highest level. The series - hosted by Padma Lakshmi and presided by
head
judge Chef Tom Colicchio - features sixteen aspiring chefs who compete
for
their shot at culinary stardom and the chance to earn the prestigious
title of
"Top Chef." Each episode holds two challenges for the chefs. The first is
a
quick-fire test of their basic abilities and the second is a more
involved
elimination challenge designed to test the versatility and inventiveness
of the
chefs as they take on unique culinary trials such as working with unusual
and
exotic foods or catering for a range of demanding clients. The challenges
not
only test their skills in the kitchen, but also uncover if they have the
customer service, management and teamwork abilities required of a Top
Chef. The
competing chefs live and breathe the high-pressure lifestyle that comes
with
being a master chef, and each week someone is asked to "pack up their
knives"and go home.