Top Chef Ilan Hall isn’t as blinged as you think. Or is he? (By Stephanie V.W. Lucianovic)

The winner of Bravo’s Top Chef competition.

Episode 1: A new raft of Top Chef contestants enters the kitchen.

CHOW editors and “Top Chef” fanatics look back on the second season.

Marcel, like, loses the “Top Chef” competition.

The Top Chef battle comes down to technique over soul.

The arrogant one prevails over the female one and the gay one.

Diamonds are a chef’s best friend, according to the newly loaded (and decked-out) Ilan Hall. (By Stephanie Rosenbaum)

New York Magazine has a tasty little item this week about Top Chef host Padma Lakshmi. The overall theme: faint praise and implicit disrespect. (By James Norton)

Bravo finally releases definitive news on the third season of Top Chef. (By Stephanie V.W. Lucianovic)

This week’s episode of Top Chef takes a step away from the food to focus more fully on mega-drama and frat-house antics—and some loyal fans have pledged to stop watching because of it. (By Christy Harrison)

The gossip and fur continue to fly as more Top Chef contestants talk to the press. (By Stephanie V.W. Lucianovic)

The bloggers dish about the second season of Bravo’s Top Chef. We distill, so you don’t have to. (By Christy Harrison)