Top Chef 5: New York
The latest from Top Chef: New York, the highly anticipated fifth season of Bravo’s Emmy-Award nominated, hit reality series.
The Cast
- Season 5 Contestant and Judge Bios
- Photos of Season 5 contestants (plus past winners and judges) at the launch event in New York’s Grand Central Station
Recipes from the Host and Judges
- Padma Lakshmi’s Indian Cooking
- Recipes by Tom Colicchio
- Gail Simmons’s Horseradish Brisket and her Thanksgiving favorites
Plus:
F&W’s Favorite Top Chef Recipes
Top Chef Videos
Episode 5: Wedding Shower (Air Date: December 10, 2008)
In the fifth episode of Top Chef: New York, host and judge Padma Lakshmi solicits the help of the chefs in arranging a bridal shower for Top Chef judge Gail Simmons and her friends. The chef’testants must team up to cook Gail the wedding shower she has always dreamed of. Will they be able to live up to Gail’s high expectations, not just as a foodie, but as a bride-to-be? Gail Simmons’s friend, Editor-in-Chief of Food & Wine Magazine Dana Cowin, guest judges. For more season 5 videos, check out F&W’s Top Chef viewer .
More on Top Chef
Season 4
- Winner Stephanie Izard creates three great recipes for Gewürztraminer
- Season 4: Chicago recaps and recipes
Season 3
- Hung Huynh’s Winning Tips
- Finalist Dale Levitski’s Bistro Dishes: Chicken Pot-Au-Feu and Comté Polenta
Season 2
- Healthy Desserts from Pastry Chef (and Season 2 Contestant) Marisa Churchill
- How Finalist Sam Talbot Spent His Super Bowl
- Season 2 Winner Ilan Hall
- Ilan’s Restaurant Inspirations
- Ilan Hall, Top Shopper
- Season 2 Behind-the-Scenes Challenge








