Here they are the three gorgeous stars from the Emmy award winning show Top Chef. From left Padma Lakshmi, Tom Collichio and the delightful Gail Simmons.

Today they stopped The Amazing Race from winning the Emmy for Best Reality TV Show for the eighth time. The other interesting thing is that it is has a smaller audience then the other three nominees. The Amazing Race, Dancing With The Stars, and American Idol.

Jeff Probst won best reality host.

Source (LA Times)

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Congratulations to Top Chef for taking out the Best Reality TV Show Emmy. This was quite a coup as The Amazing Race has won it since the award commenced.

For those who don’t know Top Chef it is a quality TV show on Arena TV which comes from the Bravo stable in New York. Up and coming chefs fight it out over three months to see who will become the Top Chef.

There is great cooking, great challenges a lot of which we are seeing on our own Masterchef Australia, and enough interaction and personalities of the contestants to keep it entertaining.

The host is the luscious Padma Lakshmi who has no problem being seen to eat food on TV and give a forthright opinion on it. Also the other co-host is the spunky Tom Collichio a renowned chef in the US. Other judges are Gail Simmons from Food and Wine Magazine, Eric Ripert an uber-chef as well as other guest judges who are leaders in their fields.

The new season set in Washington DC commences on Arena TV 7.30pm the 12 September, if you have pay TV watch it.

However it is time for a free to air channel to get the episodes or even do an Australian version of the show.

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I am seriously hoping to catch the ebola virus for the month of September by the look of what Arena has got on its programming next month.

Top Chef Washington will premiere on Sunday at 7.30pm on the 12 September.  The luscious Padma Lakshmi and hunky Tom Colluchio are returning as hosts of this cooking competition where professional chefs battle it out for the title of Top Chef. If you like Masterchef you will love this. In fact quite a few aspects of the Australian version of Masterchef are taken from Top Chef. Well that is my opinion and I am sticking to it.

Project Runway Season 7 will see the crew returning to New York. This will premiere on September 13, Mondays at 8.30pm. Heidi Klum, Tim Gunn, Michael Kors and Neeeeeeeennna Garcia are all returning. This will have to help us get over that there won’t be an Australian version of the show this year.

Models of the Runway, will again follow it on September 13, Mondays at 9.30pm. This is a companion series to Project Runway, which follows the models on the show. I hope they continue to keep it to a half hour show, as this got a bit tedious once all the nuttier models were eliminated last season.

And also one of my favourite reality shows Celebrity Rehab with Dr Drew Pinsky returns for it third season on September 16 at 9.30pm. This is not the Rachael Uchitel one which is currently filming but the series has celebrities Dennis Rodman, Heidi Fleiss, Joey Kovar, Kari Anne Peniche, Lisa D’Amato, Mackenzie Phillips, Mike Starr, Mindy McCready and Tom Sizemore going through an intensive 21-day detox and treatment program.

All-new to Arena is Launch My Line where celebrities will design, cut and stitch their way through a one-of-a-kind creative competition to determine who has the vision to go from icon to fashion star and launch a trendsetting clothing label.

Premiering September 8, Wednesdays at 8.30pm, the celebrity contestants will each be paired with a fashion expert, who will supply the technical know-how to implement the celebrity’s creative vision.

Most of the time I am a bit dubious of reality shows with celebrities in them, Celeb Rehab being the exception, but this is from the Bravo stable which I do worship at the altar of. So will give it a look even though the premise looks a bit spurious.

Another Bravo show that  Arena premiering on September 14, Tuesdays at 9.30pm, is 9 By Design. The series follows husband and wife design team, Bob and Cortney Novogratz and their seven children. Owners of New York based design firm, Sixx Design, this young, hip and artsy couple have developed and designed unique properties in Manhattan, rebuilt entire blocks in the city, and turned funky into fabulous with taste and confidence.

I hope this is more Top Design, than Kate and Jon Plus 8.

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Ricki-Lee Coulter To Face Court On Driving Charge

News.com.au say Ricki-Lee will be face court for driving an uninsured and unregistered vehicle.

Project Runway Season 6 – Exit Interviews

Ari Fish was the first designer eliminated from Project Runway, here is an elimination interview from Blogging Project Runway and Reality Wanted where quite frankly Ari sounds like a twat.

And let’s face it Michael Kors was right it did look like a soccer disco ball.

Padma Lakshmi Not Interested In Reconciling With The Father Of The Baby

However he is more interested in getting more “liberal visitation rights” says Celebrity Gossip

Latest Amazing Race Still Has No Screening Date On Seven

TV Tonight quite rightly points out that Channel Nine are rocking it with Survivor Heroes V Villains, as it is now uptodate with the US, and Channel Seven are being slack and have not announced an premiere date for the latest series of the fabulous The Amazing Race.

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Top Chef host Padma Lakshmi who gave birth to her daughter Krishna Thea Lakshmi last month has now confirmed the father of the baby. It is Adam Dell, brother of the guy who owns Dell computers. I should add Adam is successful in his own right.

Adam Dell is currently negotiating visitation rights with Padma. (Source Daily Mail)

I was wrong on who had fathered the child I thought it was either a sperm donor due to her endometritis issues, or a Top Chef contestant. Ok I was hoping for the latter.

Anyway for Top Chef fans the next series will be set in Washington DC.

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Top Chef host Padma Lakshmi normally doesn’t put a foot wrong in the fashion stakes, but maybe she is still finding her feet when it comes to maternity clothes.

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With all the hype of Chelsea Handler from E channel coming to Australia and doing her show from here, I thought I would check her out. I found this old interview she did with Top Chef’s Padma Lakshmi and I found her self-depreciating sense of humour quite funny. Padma talks about her weight, that scar, and her cook book.

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Toby Moulton from Australian Idol – Exit Interviews

here he blogs live on the Daily Telegraph responding to viewers questions.

Also here is Who Magazines interview where he suggests he would be still willing to continue on with his music.

Stan Walker Wants Seven Children

The Gold Coast has an article which indicates that 19 year old Australian Idol favourite Stan Walker is wanting to get married in the next three years and start having seven children.

He says that he is used to large families, but then adds his childhood was straight out of the movie Once Was Warriors,  which gave new meaning to the word dysfunction.

Maybe he should think about whether he would like to give his kids a different start in life to the one that he had.

Tabatha’s Takeover Salon Gets A Second Series

For fans of this show on Arena which showed its last episode last night, the good news is a second series is on the way. Tabatha Coffey who manages to be firm, and direct without being offensive is fabulous as she goes in and takes over ailing hair salons.

Padma Lakshmi To Guest Star on 30 Rock

Ace Show Biz says Top Chef host will be on the popular sitcom 30 Rock playing herself.

Interesting Article About How Bravo TV Made Themselves Again

The Wrap has an article about how Bravo TV (a lot of Arena shows are from them) turned themselves around and made themselves a successful TV organisation, based on quality reality TV shows.

Top Chef Tour Of New York

Michelle Rowe of the Australian has an article here about a Top Chef tour of New York.  It includes a stop at Nikki Cascone from season 4 who said she did not enjoy her time on the show.

“I hated the whole thing,” she tells me bluntly. “You are completely sequestered from your family, your business, there is no communication, no TV, no radio. They are unbelievably challenging circumstances.”

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Just thought I would be self indulgent and put this gorgeous photo of pregnant Padma Lakshmi on my blog. She was going to an interview with the popular morning program Kelly and Regis. I am not sure about the white shoes though.

Project Runway Host Gave Birth To A Baby Girl

Speaking of procreating reality TV stars Show Biz Spy reveals the German model and TV host has given birth 1am Friday morning to a girl who they are calling Lou Samuel. Got to be honest what is with the boys name she has given her? She says this will be their last they already have two boys and one girl.

UK Finally Gets Their Own Version Of So You Think You Can Dance

The Sun reveals Cat Deeley will be hosting, Nigel Lythgoe will be a judge with Arlene Phillips who was sacked from another UK dance program Strictly Dancing. Auditions started this week.

Another Politician May Be Finding A Job In Reality TV Post Politics

An article here reveals an ousted Illonois Governor Rod Blagojevich may be going on The Trump’s Celebrity Apprentice, it is not confirmed yet whether he will be a contestant or if he will just be a special guest.

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It appears lately you can barely open up your internet browser without seeing Top Chef host Padma Lakshmi licking a hamburger, or lolling around a flotaki rug in her birthday suit. The photo above is from Padma’s latest naked romp in Allure magazine.

Padma reveals to www.people.com that her favourite part of her body is the seven-inch scar on her forearm from a car accident at the age of 14. Something that is not showing in this photo.

“I love it because it makes me a person who has an interesting past, and it reminds me that I can survive any pain,”

Anyway I am over Padma and her lusciousness, what I want to know is when are we going to see the bear Tom Colluchio going to get his gear off? Tom the co-host and judge of Top Chef is the thinking woman’s sex symbol and also  something of a gay icon. It is time he decided to attempt to get over exposed like his co-host does so effortlessly.

Should I start a petition?

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