Top Chef 2: Already Casting

By JULIETTE ROSSANT [Editor: New review of Top Chef 2 now available - click here.] Feeling left out of the fray, now that the first season of Top Chef is over? --Like you could have done better, had you been on the show? --Like you wanna get in there and take a stab at becoming the top chef? Well, the search is already on for culinary cut-throats, from non-professional, home cooks to trained and self-trained professional chefs. How to get into the game? Casting, of course -- this is Hollywood stuff! Download an application form (PDF format) -- or show up for the last set of open calls, currently listed in California cities: Los Angeles Hard Rock Cafe 8600 Beverly Blvd West Hollywood CA 90048 June 1, 2006 (Thursday) 11am to 1pm & 2pm to 4pm San Francisco Sir Francis Drake Hotel 450 Powell Street San Francisco CA 94102 June 4, 2006 (Sunday) 11am to 4pm (Better read the application: besides being 21 years old or older and a legal US resident, there are "other eligibility requirements," i.e., the proverbial "fine print.") Before you put all your energy into this, be sure to read our article "Todd English: American Chef Gone Wild" which discusses Reality Food TV back to MTV and beyond back to artist-cum-shockjock Andy Warhol, who first coined the concept of 15 minutes of fame -- and brought it all to MTV in the first place! Meantime, keep your knives well honed and stay frosty, because your competitors are lining up -- and casting calls have already been held in Las Vegas (May 11-12), New York (May 16, 18), and Chicago (May 24). Stay tuned. Blog citings: Reality TV Magazine TV Rules TVgasm Eater Curbed Craiglist List (Las Vegas) Gapers Block Related news: Albany Times-Union Newsday San Jose Mercury News New York Post Newsday MSNBC Media Week Previous articles: Top Chef: Harold Dieterle Won Top Chef: Taste of the Nation Top Chef: Tom Colicchio Todd English: American Chef Gone Wild [Food Television - complete] Technorati Tags: superchefblog, Juliette Rossant, super chef, celebrities, chefs, food, restaurants, cooking, branding, cuisine, blogging, food blogging, Harold Dieterle, Tom Colicchio, Top Chef --> back to superchefblog