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.

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?

Top Chef host Padma Lakshmi is showing her ‘talent’ in this advertisement for Hardee’s hamburgers. She portrays her marriage to her former husband the Booker Prize winner Salman Rushdie as a meeting of minds, but really in this ad she is almost bimboesque.

The boobs are nearly falling out of her dressing, she is licking everything as suggestively as Linda Lovelace once did.

I am sure Hardee’s hamburger sales will soar.

Padma With New Boyfriend

Padma on Monday night’s episode of Top Chef spat out Ariane cherry martini dessert in disgust. Apparently she has only spat out once before. This would be something of a relief for Ted Forstmann the CEO of IMG who Padma is apparently seeing. Yes there does appear to be an age difference, but she was married previously to Salman Rushdie. Anyway Dlisted gives a much more articulate account on why beautiful models go for older rich guys than I ever could.

Anyway back to the show, Ariane who serves that dessert in her restaurant still couldn’t get it right, but even though this was her second week in a row in the bottom three it was Jill who was booted due to the misuse of a ostrich egg.

As any avid reality TV viewer will tell you that after watching an Amazing Race challenge where the contestants had to eat an ostrich egg, they are not at all tasty. Why would you serve up an ingredient you had never tasted before? For that stupidity she deserved to be eliminated. Here is her exit interview here.

The elimination was to serve New American food to the chef’s who had applied and had not got on the program in Tom’s New York flagship restaurant Craft.

The extremely charming Fabio won (is charm in Italians genes?) with beef carpaccio which looked delicious, but is it new american food?

Padma Lakshmi and Tom Colluchio

Padma Lakshmi and Tom Colluchio are back for our viewing pleasure with the commencement of Top Chef New York tonight at 8.30pm on Arena TV.

There are some changes this series as Toby Young will be taking over the judging duties from Ted Allen who has jumped to another show on another network. Young is  a best-selling British author and food critic. Early reviews from the US where the show has started give him the thumbs up.

Seriouseats says Young does not hold back. They sayLondon food criticism and nastiness go hand in hand, and Young was nasty in the best of ways.

Could he be the new Simon Cowell?

In addition, Top Chef: New York will also feature guest appearances by several culinary and mainstream stars including Martha Stewart, The Foo Fighters, Jean-Georges, Eric Ripert, Rocco DiSpirito, Wylie Dufresne, Jean-Christophe Novelli and Natasha Richardson

However what you really want to know is who are the chef’testants.

Cast Of Top Chef New York

The 17 new Top Chef: New York contestants — whose ages range from 21 to 44 — are:
 
- Alex, a 33-year-old executive chef from New York, NY who currently resides in Los Angeles, CA.

- Ariane, a 41-year-old chef and restaurant owner from Verona, NJ.

- Carla, a 44-year-old chef and catering business owner from Nashville, TN who currently resides in Washington, D.C.

- Danny, a 26-year-old executive chef from New Hyde Park, NY.

- Fabio, a 30-year-old restaurant owner from Florence, Italy who currently resides in Moorpark, CA.

- Gene, a 33-year-old executive sushi chef and chef consultant from Whitmore Village, HI who currently resides in Las Vegas, NV.

- Hosea, a 26-year-old executive chef and restaurant owner from Taos, NM who currently resides in Boulder, CO.

- Jamie, a 30-year-old executive chef from New York, NY. who currently resides in San Francisco,
CA.

- Jeff, a 30-year-old chef du cuisine from Niceville, FL who currently resides in Miami, FL.

- Jill, a 28-year-old executive chef from Latrobe, PA who currently resides in Baltimore, MD.

- Lauren, a 24-year-old chef tournant from Cincinnati, OH who is currently stationed at Fort
Stewart in Georgia.

- Leah, a 27-year-old sous chef from Scarsdale, NY who currently resides in New York, NY.

- Melissa, a 28-year-old sous chef from Maryland who currently resides in Boulder, CO.

- Patrick, a 21-year-old culinary student from Quincy, MA who currently resides in Hyde Park, NY.

- Radhika, a 28-year-old executive chef from Chicago, IL.

- Richard, a 27-year-old executive sous chef from Long Island, NY who currently resides in San Diego, CA.

- Stefan, a 35-year-old chef from Tampere, Finland who currently resides in Santa Monica, CA. 
 

By the way Bravo TVare now selling I heart Padma t-shirts for $24.95.

Don’t worry hubbie I have got one ordered for you for Valentine’s Day.

Top Design 2 a fantastic reality TV show where interior designers  compete against each other also commences tonight at 9.30pm on Arena. As does the Australian made series The Phone which debuts on Fox 8 at 8.30pm. This show is like The Amazing Race where a person is given clues by phone that they have to follow to win the $25,000 prize money.

An article from blogger Amuse-biatch (this is the best blog name I have seen in at least six months) states that Anthony Bourdain does not think the gorgeous Padam Lakshmi is the sharpest tool in the shed.

The Miami Herald News said:
“…Bourdain said he was a huge fan of host and fellow chef Tom Colicchio but snubbed co-host…Padma Lakshmi. Jabbing at the beauty’s intelligence, he said she wouldn‘t be his first choice for Barack Obama’s cabinet…[sic]or to host a show.”

Gee Anthony comparing her to other female reality TV hosts she looks like she is a member of mensa.

In other Top Chef news last night on Top Chef Season 4, Nikki was eliminated after the horrendous 24 hour catering for a wedding challenge. The only person who was excited by the challenge was Andrew who said he had a “culinary boner”.

Here on Yum Sugar is an interview with Nikki talking about her time on the show and what her future plans are.

For the menu and review of her restaurant 24 Prince click here.