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I love 'Top Chef.'

I am so proud of 'Top Chef' - I think it's got great cred.

'Top Chef' is always entertaining - it's hard to stop watching, like a good hockey fight, but no one gets hurt. It's great that the format is so inherently dramatic and can make cooking so entertaining to people who might not ordinarily be interested in a cooking show. Good for the industry all round.

I love 'Iron Chef' and I love 'Chopped.' I watch both of them. I think it is crazy what those chefs go through.

I love food shows: Anthony Bourdain, Iron Chef, Chopped, you name it.

I'm obsessed with cooking shows, even though they make everything look so easy when it isn't.

We are not really privy to all that crazy stuff that goes on in the show. I go to work, eat, and talk about food. The wild things happen when we aren't around. I expected Top Chef to last three or four seasons and we are now shooting season ten.

Many of them have accomplished a lot before they ever get to 'Top Chef' although they're not well known. The show just provides them with a platform. There's just one winner and on some seasons you can get numerous chefs that are really good. Even if they don't win, they're all talented.

Chef's choice is my favorite. I'm super adventurous.

When you have a chef that wants to be in the spotlight, maybe after one or two appearances on a show, they think they're at a certain level that they haven't reached yet in the kitchen. Shows like 'Top Chef', 'Hell's Kitchen' have helped bring attention to the culinary world.