“Top Chef” hopefuls now arrive with bags full ... In the first challenge, Ken Lee, a 34-year-old line cook from Dublin, yells during prep, does kung fu moves at the camera, and sparks an ...

"What does it take to make it as a chef?" narrator Katie Lee Joel asks in the opening scene of Top Chef Season 1, circa 2006. Over a decade later, the completely made-up title has become one of ...

and Lee Ann Wong. Photo: Getty Images Season five of Top Chef debuts tonight, which brings to mind the ghosts of cheftestants past. We loved them, we hated them, and in the case of our beloved ...