Top Chef- New York - Season 5

Product Description Product Description The world-class culinary competition only gets hotter in TOP CHEF: NEW YORK - the No. 1 food show on cable - as 17 new cheftestants head to the Big Apple to test their skills and compete for culinary stardom. Featuring some of the biggest names in food and entertainment, including Martha Stewart, Foo Fighters, Jean-Georges, and Rocco DiSpirito, the fifth season of this Emmy®-award winning series welcomes newbie Toby Young (How to Lose Friends and Alienate People) to the judges' table alongside host Padma Lakshmi, head judge and celebrity chef Tom Colicchio, and Gail Simmons. Each episode features two challenges for the chefs: a Quickfire test of basic abilities and an Elimination Challenge designed to test versatility and inventiveness as the chefs take on unique culinary trials, such as working with unusual and exotic foods or catering for a range of demanding clients. In the most challenging season yet, the cheftestants battle to prove they have what it takes to be crowned the next Top Chef. Special Features Exclusive Cookbook Never-Aired Stew Room Footage Extended Interviews Cooking Demonstrations PC Game Demo DISC ONE: Melting Pot / Show Your Craft / Foo Fighters Thanksgiving / Today Show / BonusDISC TWO: Gail's Bridal Shower / 12 Days of Christmas / Focus Group / Down on the Farm / BonusDISC THREE: Restaurant Wars / Super Bowl Chef Showdown / Le Bernadin / The Last Supper / BonusDISC FOUR: Finale Part 1 / Finale Part 2 / Watch What Happens / Bonus Amazon.com Foodies and budding chefs love the reality show Top Chef, but so do millions of other viewers, as evidenced by Top Chef's position as the number one food show on cable. Season 5 of Top Chef takes place in the food city of New York as well as in New Orleans and pits 17 chefs against each other in a test of culinary skill, creativity, flexibility, and performance under pressure. While the show is all about food, it's also about personalities, and this 14-episode season is full of strong personalities. There's the brashly confident Stefan, hyper Carla, ladies' man Fabio, overachiever Jeff, gay and lesbian "team rainbow," and many others, and everyone's antics in the kitchen, the stew room where they await judgment, and their shared apartment translate into some great entertainment. Host Padma Lakshmi is joined by head judge Chef Tom Colicchio, judges Gail