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Topic: Top Chef: World All Stars

Gabriel Rodriguez, Sara Bradley and Buddha Lo in "Top Chef" (Fred Jagueneau/Bravo)

"Top Chef" champ: "It's crazy, surreal"

Michael La Corte
Marcus Samuelsson, Padma Lakshmi, Hélène Darroze, Hunter Lewis, Gabriel Rodriguez, Sara Bradley, Buddha Lo, May Show and Simon Rogan in "Top Chef" (Fred Jagueneau/Bravo)

Candid "Top Chef" finalists tell all

Michael La Corte
Buddha Lo, Ali Al Ghzawi, Sara Bradley and Gabriel Rodriguez in "Top Chef" (Fred Jagueneau/Bravo)

"Top Chef" elevates the humble mushroom

Michael La Corte
Tom Colicchio, Rafael Cagali, Tom Goetter, Padma Lakshmi and Yuma Hashemi in "Top Chef" (David Moir/Bravo)

A clear-cut favorite on "Top Chef"

Michael La Corte
Kirk Westaway, Padma Lakshmi, Sara Bradley, Amar Santana, Ali Al Ghzawi, Tom Goetter, Gabriel Rodriguez, Tom Colicchio, Gail Simmons and Buddha Lo in "Top Chef" (David Moir/Bravo)

"Top Chef's" Wellington battle sputters

Michael La Corte
Tom Goetter, Gabriel Rodriguez, Victoire Gouloubi, Ali Al Ghzawi, Buddha Lo, Sara Bradley and Amar Santana in "Top Chef" (David Moir/Bravo)

Top Chef producer talks thali challenge

Michael La Corte
Nicole Gomes, Tom Colicchio, Clare Smyth in "Restaurant Wars" (David Moir/Bravo)

"Top Chef" Restaurant Wars underwhelms

Michael La Corte
Sara Bradley, Tom Colicchio, and Amar Santana on "Top Chef" (David Moir/Bravo)

"Top Chef" producer talks season twists

Michael La Corte
Tom Colicchio (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Colicchio: Top Chef's recipe for success

Joseph Neese
Buddha Lo, Tom Goetter, Gabriel Rodriguez, Victoire Gouloubi, Nicole Gomes, Dale MacKay, Nicole Gomes, Amar Santana, Ali Al Ghzawi and Charbel Hayek in "Top Chef World All Stars" (David Moir/Bravo)

"Top Chef" soars with a "food rebel"

Michael La Corte
Gail Simmons, Tom Colicchio, Padma Lakshmi and Graham Hornigold on "Top Chef: World All Stars" (David Moir/Bravo)

"Top Chef" picnics at "Downton Abbey"

Michael La Corte
Judges Padma Lakshmi, Amar Santana, Gail Simmons and Tom Colicchio watch Nicole Gomes cook in "Top Chef: World All Stars" Episode 5, "Holiday Vacation" (David Moir/Bravo)

Top Chef messes with our emotions

Michael La Corte
Victoire Gouloubi, Ali Al Ghzawi, Sara Bradley, Gabriel Rodriguez, Sylwia Stachyra and Amar Santana in "Top Chef" (David Moir/Bravo)

Top Chef: To the Victoire go the spoils

Michael La Corte
Sylwia Stachyra, May Phattanant Thongthong, Charbel Hayek, Dawn Burrell, Luciana Berryo, Amar Santana on "Top Chef: World All-Stars" (David Moir/Bravo)

Top Chef: Sugar, spice & everything rice

Michael La Corte
Buddha Lo, Padma Lakshmi, Amar Santana, Gabriel Rodriguez, Samuel Albert, Dawn Burrell, Charbel Hayek, Sylwia Stachyra and May Phattanant Thongthong in "Top Chef: World All Stars" Episode 1 (David Moir/Bravo)

"Top Chef": We see London, we see France

Michael La Corte
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