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This article is horrible it should be deleted
Is there any information on when the first season will be re-shown in the US? Needtoknowstuff 08:00, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
I don't think this so-called Controversy regarding the taped interview is such a big deal and certainly not worth including in this summary. The blogger makes it seem as though the contestant certainly knew she was in the top group because she and two others voted these chefs among the best. However, it's possible she was thinking there were other criteria involved in determining why these four were being called together, so her statement that she didn't know why they were being called is legitimate. It's a contest and ultimately Colicchio and the other judges have the final say despite what the other chefs thought. I think it's a non-controversy. I also think adding links to imagined controversy on external sites gets in the way of this article. If no one has any objection, I'd like to remove this portion of the episode summary. Crunch 22:24, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
I actually came onto the discussion page to post exactly what you have written above. To suggest this as controversy is quite ridiculous. I second your motion to remove this from the episode summary. 71.194.154.128 12:04, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
I just reverted a change of Harold's age. According to the Bravotv.com website he was 28 when filming, so that is the encyclopedic age, not his current age.. EnsRedShirt 14:42, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
Is there a reason all the links to Top Chef websites and blogs were deleted?
Q. Why were the Season 2 contestant external websites deleted/reverted? I used the same format/criteria that were used for inclusion of Season 1 contestant websites. 70.95.133.31 06:47, 9 December 2006 (UTC).
Shouldn't it say that he quit also, because he bowed out as well.
Tinkleheimer 04:32, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
That's what I thought.... 69.204.173.162 04:40, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
I went ahead and changed it, hopefully it looks good. Tinkleheimer 04:49, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
Can anyone think of a better way to do this, it just takes ALOT of work to look at this table and know what is going on. Brentoli 20:21, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
Is it possible that the color of Winning Both Quickfire and Elimination Challenges be changed to a different color. It is kind of dark and hard to see. Maybe to a Pink or Light Green. Tinkleheimer 04:47, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
The Season 2 table entry for the voluntary exit of Mia Gaines-Alt is unnecessarily vague and editorial. "Voluntarily quit (Likely to be eliminated anyway)" could refer to the author's opinion that a.) Mia was likely to be eliminated in this episode, or b.) Mia was likely to be eliminated in some future episode.
Choice b.) is obvious; Mia's elimination became more likely with each passing show. Choice a.) seems to fly in the face of Elia's poor performance as team leader, her decision to accept responsibility for the loss, and the judge's tendency to punish team leaders for poor team performances.
IMHO, "Voluntarily quit" is enough.
Roger 03:52, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
I didn't notice this before, but I agree with you on that one. Likely to be eliminated anyway is just speculation. Making Project Runway Season 3 as an example. Jeffrey Sebelia was in the bottom two of MANY MANY episodes, including the first episode and the last episode before the finales. But he went on to win Project Runway.
Tinkleheimer 03:14, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
I fixed the table for season 2. Please leave it alone for the time being. Any changes that need to be done, please discuss it here. Tinkleheimer 04:24, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
There is a casting director on myspace who helped cast Top Chef previously saying that they are currently casting for Season 3. I don't have a link for it, but he is on Josie's Top Friends on Myspace. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Tinkleheimer ( talk • contribs) 18:08, 25 January 2007 (UTC). Tinkleheimer 18:09, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
This page needs a major overhaul, with the removal of the season info, which has already been moved to their pages. Plus a rewrite to refocus the article on the series as a whole, not the seasons. EnsRedShirt 05:14, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
I think all 3 pages need overhauled. The Main, Season 1, and Season 2. I will see what I can do in the following days. Tinkleheimer 05:18, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
Alright. An IP address keeps doing small edits that aren't exactly bad but they're not exactly good. The person moved the 'season two' from Padma's name down a space when it's fine on my screen and it should be next to the name (but then again, I have a 1200x800 pixel screen), keeps changing 'See Top Chef (Season #) for more information.' to 'Main article: Top Chef (Season #)' when it's not. The main article is this page, Top Chef. And... I'm getting sick of changing it back. Maybe I'm not doing the right edits. Plus, my comments on history are being ignored. Someone please give their input before I just say screw it.- Babylon pride 20:49, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
Which IP is it? I will keep an eye out on it and help you. Tinkleheimer 01:55, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
Hi, I'm rather new to editing articles in Wikipedia but am I correct in removing this rumor every time it shows up on this article?
Rumors persist that Sam and Frank met in a NY bar and conspired to get on Marcel's team and sabotage his meal for the final episode. The disappearing fish seems to lend some credence to this theory Wongy817 03:55, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
There are users that disagree with how this article should be. We need to come to an agreement.
[1] - Minimal Version
[2] - Expanded Version]
Please state which version you would prefer and give a reason. After someone decides that it has been enough time, or a consensus is reached, the page will be changed accordingly.
Expanded Version - The Minimal Version is basically a stub. Expanded gives much more information and is excellent for an article.
Tinkleheimer
22:05, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
Minimal Version with season summaries. - Look the Top Chef article is for the series as a whole all season info should be on the season pages. Whats the point of having all the season pages if it is just duplicated here?? The
Project Runway article is the way this article should look. It is far to cluttered otherwise.
EnsRedShirt 23:11, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
Minimal Version with a paragraph summary of who lost, in what order, and why. That means everyone. (And sorry. I haven't been able to get on lately. Moving and all gets hectic.) I think expanded gets a bit repetitive, yes, but so I'm not a hypocrite it was a huge shock for it all to go poof in one day. (I know you had a discussion but I was not there for it.) I just think everyone should be listed there, in the summary, so it doesn't go on forever eliminating the use for the season's pages and the chart should definitely stay.
Babylon pride
17:23, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Notability (fiction), Wikipedia:Notability#Merging, and Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not#Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information are some relevant guidelines here. It is unlikely that the individual seasons of this show are independently notable, and a separate page that essentially contains blow-by-blow round summaries of each episode does not constitute an encyclopedia article. — Centrx→ talk • 04:02, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
I have rated this article as stub class. It contains a good lead section but there is no further prose. There are no inline citations. See Wikipedia:WikiProject Television/Television programs for a further guidance on expanding the article.-- Opark 77 23:18, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
Because the rumours in the Trivia section have mostly or all been removed; can someone please summarize them for me (whether or not these rumours have any credence doesn't matter to me)?
The only rumour I recall reading is the one that claims Sam and the other chef conspired to sabotage Marcel; but this is the only rumour I remember reading. Are there more? A summary would be appreciated.
Also, regarding the above rumour, where did it arise? Who came up with it? Is it from a website? What were the references or backings to the rumour? 207.12.38.25 23:52, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
Of this article is completely without explanation on this page. Ridiculous. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Delay Drew ( talk • contribs) 17:10, 15 April 2007 (UTC).
I usually have no idea what they are talking about when rattling off their dishes. I'd like to see links to commonly used terms used on the show. (Like gastriques, confit, croquetas, Romanesco sauce, hierloom tomatoes, panna cotta, etc). -- 24.249.108.133 01:45, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
I heard that all contestants received free mopeds but I can't find a citation for it. What I don't understand is why they give them mopeds if Toyota is a sponsor? Also, did the vehicle accident that gave Padma Lakshmi the scar on her arm involve a Toyota or a moped? -- AStanhope 03:31, 17 June 2007 (UTC)
I see the usual Wikipedia anti-trivia watchdogs have tagged this article. Could we possibly trim down what's essentially episode summary (Cirque du Soleil, Ken Lee in the 1st ep., Ken Lee in the reunion ep., and the hair-shaving incident) and move all that to the season-specific articles? Frankly I think most of that stuff could be broken up into the season-specific articles. Wl219 08:55, 22 July 2007 (UTC)
You don't have to purge the content of the Trivia section from Wikipedia entirely, just determine what's important and integrate it in the appropriate places into the various Top Chef articles. The point is that Trivia sections shouldn't be used as dumping grounds for useless information, redundant information or important information that people are too lazy to sort properly.-- Crunch 14:35, 22 July 2007 (UTC)
Well hopefully tonights ep will stop the speculation that Tre wins :) harlock_jds 03:16, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
There are mentions in different spots on the Bravo site that Top Chef 4 has been announced and will be in Chicago. (Damn - I really thought they'd follow the numerous suggestions of New Orleans, but maybe they think it's not sufficiently recovered to support them?) I can't find them right now, but if others can, we should include that in the article. Lawikitejana 06:12, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
I do not want to get into an edit war, but I am afraid that is where this is headed with my changes already reverted. So I want to see if we can get some consensus here.
Currently Miguel, Stephen, and Dave from season 1, Frank, Mia, Betty, Michael, and Elia from season 2, and Hung, Dale, Casey, Howie, Chris, Sara Mair, and Brian are wikilinked but they are all redirects to their respective Top Chef season pages.
I feel this is redundant due to the season pages having their own direct links in the left hand column of the graph. Hopefully someone else will see this on comment on it. Thank you in advance, Aspects 04:56, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
Spoilers should NOT be a part of cast biographies. I passed by this page looking for a specific spelling of a name and found a rather unpleasant spoiler almost instantly just reading the very brief biography about Stephen. Eliminations should be in another section. -- Anonymous — Wikipedia:Sign your posts on talk pages. The preceding comment was added by 66.189.52.134.
I think we should have separate pages for these. The page can get cluttered with all of the information with these two shows. Please put what you think here. Trevor "Tinkleheimer" Haworth 05:46, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
Season 5 The article says season 5 will be in New York. The note "3" leads to "." I went to the website and I don't see any mention of where season 5 will be. I think this makes the claim that season 5 will be in NY unsourced. 72.76.254.179 ( talk) 15:20, 20 June 2008 (UTC)kyle
Um I dont think this is needed. These arent even about the show except the one about Crooks. I think ithis section should be removed in my opinion! -- Spiderman2351 ( talk) 04:41, 3 February 2009 (UTC)Spiderman2351
I'm removing Season 6 from the table until such time as production is officially announced. There is a casting call, from which we can infer a sixth season will be produced, but neither the location, nor the number of episodes, air dates, judges, or contestants have been announced. Clconway ( talk) 20:43, 25 March 2009 (UTC)
Can we please make a page, using pretty much the same format for the actual Top Chef pages? If anyone doesn't step it, I will be happy to make the page for you all!!!!!!!! 98.21.213.236 ( talk) 13:34, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
I made a small change to the opening paragraph, changing the reference to Top Chef Masters, from "under development" to "began airing in June 2009", since it is now being shown on Bravo. Not sure this is the best approach, but at least it is current. Perhaps, may be Summer 2009, or eventually the start month 2009 - the end month 2009. I also removed the Wiki block that indicated that the article referenced an "upcoming television show" since the info in the article is based on the actual broadcast version of the show. Boufa ( talk) 20:45, 11 June 2009 (UTC)
Is this table really necessary? I mean...it's cool and all, but does anyone really care about these records besides fans of the show? This seems more like fancruft to me. - wANINOKOZ ♪♫♪ 01:13, 25 January 2011 (UTC)