TV Jots

Yummy, Yummy, Yummy

Tonight, June 10, at 10pm ET, basic cable’s Bravo will roll out its latest, greatest culinary competition masterpiece: the one and only Top Chef Masters, which is a spinoff of that other Top Chef and sure to be a comparably buzzed-about hit. Somebody’s feeling hungry already! (That would be me.)

I’m in a rush at the moment, so instead of wasting time trying to rephrase the network’s description in order to hold onto my Google juice (whatever that is, it sounds nasty), keep reading to get the official details about the show. The premiere episode up tonight is called “Masters Get Schooled,” and I’m liking it already, sight unseen.

In the premiere episode of “Top Chef Masters,” airing Wednesday, June 10 at 10 p.m. ET/PT, Hubert Keller (Fleur de Lys), Christopher Lee (Aureole), Michael Schlow (Radius Restaurant), and Tim Love (The Lonesome Dove Western Bistro) are the first four chefs to draw knives and kick off a whole new level of culinary competition. The Master chefs are tasked with cooking dessert for a tough crowd of judges, Girl Scouts, and in the elimination challenge the acclaimed chefs must cook a three course meal in a college dorm room.

“Top Chef Masters,” the spin-off series of the Emmy and James Beard Award-winning No. 1 food show on cable, “Top Chef,” flips the judges’ table to find out who can handle the heat. “Top Chef Masters” will pit 24 world-renowned chefs against each other to win $100,000 for the charity of their choice. Each episode will re-create a classic “Top Chef” quickfire challenge the first being to create the most creative and delicious dessert they can (as seen on season four). At the end, one chef moves on to the Champions Round.

And if that’s not enough excitement for one series, how about having Kelly Choi as the host and Gael Green, James Oseland, and Jay Rayner as the judges? Sounds like must-see TV to me.