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Subject: Toby Young

  • Top Chef Judges Do Madison Avenue

    It started with Tom Colicchio hawking Diet Coke during the Superbowl.    That opened the door to Padma Lakshmi doing naughty Paris Hilton-like things to a Western Bacon Cheeseburger.   I admit it: I like the sandwich, and yes, I avidly follow every season of Top Chef. But this? I don't know. It just seems. Hmm. Wrong. But also. So very very right!  Comments have been made about how the Top Chef judges are selling out. And it would seem that way, at first. But then how can you rea

    April 2, 2009
  • Mediocre Madness: 'How to Lose Friends & Alienate People,' 'Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist'

    October 2, 2008
  • Top 5 Reasons Why I Like "Top Chef Masters" More Than "Top Chef"

    Bravo TV1. They don't live together. The first shots of the show isn't of the cheftestants waking up from bed in their undies, yawning, and brushing their teeth. Another plus of not having them shoved into the same living quarters: No possibility of head shaving incidents, hidden-camera kanoodling, and other Real World-type histrionics. The least interesting part of regular Top Chef happens when they go home. 2. No sobbing, farewell confessional. There is none of the played-out, teary-ey

    July 13, 2009