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, which returns for season 19 on Bravo, Padma Lakshimi has seen – and tasted – it all. “There have been a couple of doozies,” she tells ET’s Rachel Smith, explaining that “any chef, as great as he or she may be, can have an off day because you want to push the envelope.” And for every failed dish, there have been that many more savory successes that have led to 18 previous winners. And with the reality cooking competition set in Houston, Texas, this season, there’s bound to be many highs and lows as 15 new cheftestants are immersed in the diversity that represents the city’s culinary identity.

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‘Top Chef’ Season 19 Set to Kick Off in Houston, Texas: Meet the New Cheftestants and Watch the Trailer

Ready, set, cook! Top Chef is set to premiere its 19th season on Thursday, March 3, as the Emmy-winning Bravo series takes on Houston, Texas.

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‘Top Chef’ to Film Season 19 in Houston, Feature All-Star Judges and Mentors

Kate Aurthur editorAfter safely and successfully filming its most recent season last year in Portland, Ore., “Top Chef,” Bravo’s Emmy-winning culinary competition, has moved to Houston for Season 19. Production has begun there, and the show will premiere next year.Padma Lakshmi, Tom Colicchio and Gail Simmons are all returning to adjudicate the new group of cheftestants.

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How the 2021 Reality Host Emmy Race Reflects Major Strides in Diversity and Inclusion

Whitney Friedlander Most unscripted television series operate on the premise that they depict real people in their actual professions or day-to-day lives. So, it’s significant that all the shows nominated in the reality or competition host category at the Emmys this year feature people from marginalized groups or cultures.

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Pregnant Amber Stevens West Steps Out For 'Run The World' Premiere Event With Cast in NYC

Amber Stevens West cradles her baby bump in a striking red floral suit for the premiere of Run The World at the Beekman Hotel in New York City on Sunday night (May 16).

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Kwame Onwuachi on 'Top Chef' and Making His Film Debut Alongside LaKeith Stanfield (Exclusive)

, Kwame Onwuachi has become a force in the culinary world, cooking for the likes of Beyonce and JAY-Z, being recognized by magazine and the James Beard Foundation, and publishing his memoir,. Now he’s back on the Bravo reality competition — but this time as part of a rotating panel of judges on the Portland, Oregon-set season 18. Onwuachi’s return to has been a welcomed one for longtime fans of the series, as he, Gregory Gourdet, Melissa King and others have brought much needed diversity and inclusion as well as a fresh take on the critiques led by Padma Lakshmi, Tom Colicchio and Gail Simmons.And for the chef, it has been “one zillion times better than being on the other side of the table,” Onwuachi tells ET.

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Padma, Tom and Gail Reflect on 15 Years of 'Top Chef' (Exclusive)

has become a long-running and always watchable series that has produced 17 seasons as well as several spinoffs. Its 18th season, which premieres on April 1, is set in Portland as the world slowly emerges from the coronavirus pandemic with Padma Lakshmi, Tom Colicchio and Gail Simmons all returning to find the next great chef. In the 15 years the Emmy-winning reality competition has been on the air, the show has certainly evolved in many ways — this season especially will see new variations of popular challenges as they contend with COVID-19 safety protocols.

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‘Top Chef’ Season 18 Kicks Off in Portland With the Looming Realities of Coronavirus: Watch

Time to sharpen your knives. Top Chef is back with its 18th season taking place in Portland, Oregon, as a whole new batch of cheftestants compete, but this time, amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

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RuPaul Won the Emmy for Best Reality Host and Best Reality Competition Program

is the Best Reality Competition Program! RuPaul was nominated for Best Reality Host alongside Bobby Berk, Karamo Brown, Tan France, Antoni Porowski and Jonathan Van Ness for Queer Eye, Nicole Byer for Nailed It!, Barbara Corcoran, Mark Cuban, Lori Greiner, Daymond John, Robert Herjavec and Kevin O’Leary for Shark Tank, Padma Lakshmi and Tom Colicchio for Top Chef, and Amy Poehler and Nick Offerman for Making It. And Drag Race was nominated for Best Reality Competition Program with The Masked Singer, Nailed It!, Top Chef, and The Voice.

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Padma Lakshmi: 'Taste the Nation' Is a "Political Show Under the Guise of Food Porn"

Top Chef hit a little differently for its 17th and most recent season. Filmed entirely in 2019, it premiered mere days after the COVID-19 pandemic forced most of its audience to stay at home.

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Top Chef's Tom Colicchio Whips Up a Delicious Vegetarian Dish

If this doesn't make you hungry, we don't know what will. As fans of Top Chef surely know, head judge and celebrity chef Tom Colicchio loves to create an incredible dish that features an amazing cut of meat.

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Top Chef's Tom Colicchio Reveals the Foods You Should Be Stocking Up On

In times like these, eating healthy meals has never been more important. Like so many Americans, Tom Colicchio understands that going to a grocery store these days isn't exactly an easy task.

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This Top Chef Contestant Has "Done Better Than Any Chef Ever on the Show" in Business, According to Tom Colicchio

Bravo's Top Chef is just one milestone of many in the successful careers of those who appear on the show. After their time on Top Chef, the cheftestants throughout the culinary competition's 17 seasons have gone on to open their own restaurants, win James Beard Foundation Awards, write cookbooks, star in their own TV shows, and generally become some of the most influential culinary voices in America today.

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Tom Colicchio Says This Top Chef Guest Judge "Was Just the Worst"

Pretty much everyone who's anyone in the culinary world has been a guest judge on Bravo's Top Chef, from Eric Ripert to Wolfgang Puck to Emeril Lagasse. And while none of them have been shy about giving their honest opinion on the cheftestants' dishes, some of them have made better impressions on the culinary competition's regular trio of judges than others.

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Padma Lakshmi Says This Top Chef Judge Has Gotten "Meaner" Over the Years

The judges of Bravo's Top Chef have always been the toughest culinary critics around since the series debuted in 2006. But one judge has gotten even more candid with their critiques, according to host Padma Lakshmi.

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Top Chef All Stars L.A. Quickfire Challenge Before Tonight's Premiere!

The season 17 premiere of Top Chef All Stars L.A. is tonight at 10 p.m.

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Tom Colicchio Talks ‘Top Chef: All Stars LA’ And The Show’s Impact On America’s Culinary Scene

Five-time James Beard award winner and permanent “Top Chef” judge Tom Colicchio is teasing what fans can expect to see on the upcoming season of the revered reality television series.

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Celebrating Pride With… Melissa King: Why The ‘Top Chef’ Winner Is ‘Completely Unapologetic’ About Living In Her ‘Truth

A very sweet and timely victory indeed. Melissa King, 36, bested 14 other fierce competitors to score the Top Chef: All Stars L.A. crown on Thursday, June 16. The California-based culinarian, who first appeared on Top Chef: Boston in 2014, was able to secure herself the title after beating two incredible talented competitors in Bryan Voltaggio (Top Chef: Las Vegas, Top Chef Masters) and Stephanie Cmar (Top Chef: New Orleans) in a very emotional finale that was filmed in Italy months before the Coronavirus pandemic took over (head judge Tom Colicchio and host Padma Lakshmi touched on that issue on the show’s 12th episode).

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'Top Chef' Winner Melissa King on Finding Her Confidence Between Seasons 12 and 17 (Exclusive)

, drew to a close in classic fashion, with the final three contestants laying it all on the line as they tried to impress the judges, including host Padma Lakshmi and Tom Colicchio and Gail Simmons, by cooking the best meal of their lives. Melissa King emerged victorious over fellow contestants Bryan Voltaggio and Stephanie Cmar to take home a cash prize and as Lakshmi says every episode, “the title of Top Chef.” Speaking with ET after the finale, King recalls taking a moment to herself after she won.