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Bravo’s “Top Chef:The Tour” Hits the Road Jack!

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  • March 18, 2011

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Top Chef judges Tom Colicchio, Padma Lakshmi, Gail Simmons from "Last Supper" - airing March 23rd -- Photo by: Virginia Sherwood/Bravo

Oh how I wish this would come to my city, Philadelphia, but alas, it is not to be. How lucky for the rest of you though as Bravo hits the road next month beginning Friday, April 15th, kicking-off the fourth annual highly-anticipated and widely successful Top Chef: The Tour. The 20-city tour brings the Emmy and James Beard Award-winning, No. 1 food show on cable to fans and foodies nationwide. First stop is Soulard Farmers Market in St. Louis, Missouri. Brand new to the tour this year, a show-down between two former chef’testants in each market who will compete in live, interactive cook-offs in front of Top Chef fans with a panel of local judges, and audience members. A fully-integrated partner, Buitoni has joined the Tour with pasta sampling in every market and two exclusive stops in Cincinnati, OH and Keasbey, NJ. Castello® Blue Cheese will sponsor the Tour with a cheese sampling at each stop.

The free event provides fans with a chance to meet and greet the Chef’testants they’ve come to know and root for, hear Top Chef show “secrets,” and, for the first time ever, step into the judges shoes and rate their favorite Chef’testants’ food. Guests will receive samples from the tour’s national sponsors, Buitoni and Castello® Blue Cheese, and have the opportunity to participate in a variety of on-site Top Chef activities, including an affiliate-sponsored “Aroma” challenge where fans can test their inner chef as they attempt to identify the correct food scent in the quickest amount of time.

Top Chef: The Tour will be pulling up to a farmer’s market, mall or food festival in the following cities:

 

St. Louis, Mo. April 15
Kansas City, Mo. April 17
Nashville, Tenn. April 20
Atlanta, Ga. April 25 & 26
Biloxi, Miss. April 29
Miami, FL May 1
Ft.Lauderdale, FL May 3
Orlando, FL May 5
Denver, CO May 5, 6, & 7
Chicago, Ill. May 10 & 11
Newport, KY May 13
Cincinnati, Ohio May 15
Yonkers, N.Y. May 17 & 18
Keasbey, NJ May 19
New York City, N.Y. May 21 & 22
Hartford, Conn. May 24
Red Bank, N.J. May 26
Washington D.C. May 28 & 29
Miami, Fla. June 1
Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. June 3
Orlando, Fla. June 5
Katy, Texas June 8
San Antonio, Texas June 11
Los Angeles, Calif. June 16, 17, 18
San Francisco, Calif. June 20 & 21

To sign up for free admission and learn more about Top Chef: The Tour, visit www.bravotv.com or http://www.facebook.com/TOPCHEF

Source: Bravo/NBC Universal Media

Linda

Love TV, movies, and books--mostly mysteries, with a good love story thrown in every now and then. I have four adopted dogs who I adore. I love trying new recipes, and enjoy eating what I make. English language perfectionist. Reading in bed, Italian food, warm weather, the beach, all types of games = favs!

Linda

Love TV, movies, and books--mostly mysteries, with a good love story thrown in every now and then. I have four adopted dogs who I adore. I love trying new recipes, and enjoy eating what I make. English language perfectionist. Reading in bed, Italian food, warm weather, the beach, all types of games = favs!