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LET THE FLAMES BEGIN  BRAVO’S “TOP CHEF: CHICAGO” PREMIERES WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12 AT 10 PM ET/PT

Wed, 24 Jan 2008 18:25:20 GMT

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16 Hot New Chefs Take To The Kitchen Along With Padma Lakshmi, Tom Colicchio, Gail Simmons And Ted Allen

Let the flames begin. Bravo’s highly anticipated fourth season of the Emmy-Award nominated No. 1 food show on cable returns with “Top Chef: Chicago,” premiering Wednesday, March 12 at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT. Get ready to sharpen your knives as the newest crop of 16 rising chefs from across the country take on the windy city. Returning to the kitchen, cookbook author, actress and host Padma Lakshmi presides over the judge’s table alongside head judge Tom Colicchio, renowned culinary figure and chef/ owner, Craft Restaurants, judge Gail Simmons, of Food & Wine Magazine and judge Ted Allen, food and wine ambassador for Robert Mondavi Private selection wines. In what will prove to be the most exciting season yet, some of the biggest and most respected chefs will guest star on “Top Chef: Chicago.”

“This season the chefs bring a diverse wealth of talent and skill to the table that we’ve not seen before,” said Colicchio. “The title ‘Top Chef’ has proven to be an amazing opportunity for these chefs to make a name for themselves in the competitive culinary world.”

The 16 “Top Chef: Chicago” chef’testants will be skewered down week by week as they compete to out-flavor, out-cook and out-do their competition. The winning chef will receive $100,000 in seed money to help open a restaurant, furnished by the makers of the Glad family of products, a feature in Food & Wine magazine, a showcase at the Annual Food & Wine Classic in Aspen, a gourmet dream vacation in the French Alps and will earn the title of “Top Chef.”

Following are the 16 new “Top Chef: Chicago” chef’testants (Bios enclosed):

-    Andrew, 30 - Hometown: Fort Lauderdale, FL; Resides in N.Y.
-    Antonia, 31 - Hometown/Resides in: Los Angeles, CA
-    Dale, 29 - Hometown: Chicago, IL; Resides in N.Y.
-    Erik, 38 - Hometown: Chappaqua, NY; Resides in San Francisco, CA
-    Jennifer, 35 - Hometown: Brooklyn, NY; Resides in San Francisco, CA
-    Lisa, 27 – Hometown: Toronto, Canada; Resides in N.Y.
-    Manuel, 33 - Hometown: Laredo, TX; Resides in N.Y.
-    Mark, 29 - Hometown: Invercargill, New Zealand; Resides in N.Y.
-    Nikki, 35 - Hometown/Resides in: N.Y.
-    Nimma, 26 - Hometown: Peachtree City, GA; Resides in Atlanta, GA
-    Richard, 35 - Hometown: Uniondale, NY; Resides in Atlanta, GA
-    Ryan, 28 - Hometown: Los Banos, CA; Resides in San Francisco, CA
-    Spike, 27 – Hometown: Clearwater Beach, FL; Resides in Williamsburg, N.Y.
-    Stephanie, 31 - Hometown: Stamford, CT; Resides in Chicago, IL
-    Valerie, 32 - Hometown/Resides in: Chicago, IL
-    Zoi, 30, - Hometown: Seattle, WA; Resides in San Francisco, CA

Bravo’s “Top Chef” offers a fascinating window into the competitive, pressure-filled environment of world-class cookery and the restaurant business at the highest level. The series features sixteen aspiring chefs who compete for their shot at culinary stardom and the chance to earn the prestigious title of “Top Chef.” Each episode holds two challenges for the chefs. The first is a quickfire test of their basic abilities and the second is a more involved elimination challenge designed to test the versatility and inventiveness of the chefs as they take on unique culinary trials such as working with unusual and exotic foods or catering for a range of demanding clients. The challenges not only test their skills in the kitchen, but also uncover if they have the customer service, management and teamwork abilities required of a Top Chef. The competing chefs live and breathe the high-pressure lifestyle that comes with being a master chef, and each week someone is asked to “pack up their knives” and go home.

www.BravoTV.com will continue to be the home for a robust food and drink destination dedicated to “Top Chef” fans and foodies. Fans will feast on contestant profiles featuring bios, video interviews, questionnaires, photo galleries and recipes from the show. The site will also bring back blogs from the show’s judges as well as culinary legend Anthony Bourdain. Visitors can also “Rate The Plate” and vote for the dish they think deserves top honors each week, play “Memory Match” and test their skills or try the “Chopping Block” where viewers decide who should get the chop and what chef is on top each week. “Top Chef” season one star Lee Anne Wong returns with weekly online exclusive cooking webisodes entitled “The Wong Way To Cook,” teaching viewers how to make each week’s winning recipe at home.
“Chef” fans can also visit wap.bravotv.com from their web-enabled phone for exclusive contestant and judge Q&A’s, photo diaries, foodie favorites, video tips, wallpapers and ringtones. Viewers can also play the new mobile game “Top Chef Challenge,” designed and developed by leading mobile publisher LimeLife, Inc. The game is set behind-the-scenes of a Tom Colicchio fictional restaurant. Players customize their character and enter the game’s virtual kitchen as an entry-level dishwasher and can advance to “Top Chef,” gain 5-star status and fame along the way with commentary and advice from show host, Padma Lakshmi. Fans can text CHEF to 27286 to join the Top Chef mobile fan club and receive behind-the-scenes dish and exclusive interactive content from the chef’testants, hosts and judges.
“Top Chef” debuted in March 2006 to critical acclaim and ratings success, returning with season two in October 2006 which averaged over 2 million total viewers, ranking as the top food series on cable and most recently with season three which premiered June 2007 and finished out the season averaging over 2.5 million viewers and securing the title of No. 1 food show on cable.

Source: Nielsen Media Research, Live+7 data through 12/30/07, Top Chef vs. Premiere airings of Food Network programs, P2+ (000), subject to qualifications.

Magical Elves returns to produce “Top Chef: Chicago.” Dan Cutforth and Jane Lipsitz, who also produce the Emmy-Award nominated “Project Runway” for Bravo, return as executive producers. Shauna Minoprio also serves as executive producer.

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“The Real Housewives Of New York City,” Following the Busy Lives of New York Socialites, Premieres Tuesday, March 4 At 11 PM ET/PT

Sun, 14 Jan 2008 22:14:32 GMT

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Building off the success of the original series “The Real Housewives of Orange County,” Bravo is heading to the big apple for its newest installment, “The Real Housewives of New York City.” The series will feature an elite and powerful set of New York socialites as they juggle their careers and home lives with busy calendars packed with charity fund-raising galas, the social whirl of the Hamptons, and interviews for elite private schools. These driven and ambitious women show everyone what it takes to make it in the upper echelon of society, where money and status are an essential way of life. “The Real Housewives of New York City” will premiere on Bravo on Tuesday, March 4 at 11 PM ET/PT and moves to its regular time period on Tuesday, March 11 at 10 PM ET/PT.

“This series will explore the personal and professional lives of five ambitious women who in the upper crust of New York,” said Frances Berwick, EVP, Programming & Production, Bravo. “‘The Real Housewives of Orange County’ continues to thrive and this series will explore many of the same relatable issues – relationships, children, and work-life balance – while giving a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to make it in the privileged world of Manhattan society.”

An up-close and personal look at a lifestyle where private chefs, Au Pairs, front row seats at Fashion Week and Hamptons estates are part of everyday life, “The Real Housewives of New York City” follows five glamorous Manhattan women as they balance motherhood, demanding careers and a fast-paced social calendar, and shows what life is like in the most exclusive areas of New York. The Real Housewives of New York City are:

· Alex McCord, an up-and-comer in New York society, is a high-powered career woman juggling two children, a husband, and a thriving social calendar. Her children take music, art, swimming and French classes, and their live in Au Pair only speaks French to them, in hopes the kids will soon be bi-lingual. In addition to her busy career and social life, Alex is a former actress and model, and currently a graphic designer within the visual merchandising world.

· Bethenny Frankel is a single socialite in her 30’s with a burgeoning career as a natural foods chef, a wealthy Wall Street boyfriend with three children, and is a staple on the New York social scene. She is a celebrity chef who owns her own company, Bethenny Bakes, has a health column in Hamptons Magazine, is a TV spokesperson for Health Magazine and for Pepperidge Farms new line of healthy foods, and was a runner-up on “The Apprentice: Martha Stewart.” Her main focus these days is settling down and starting a family.

· Jill Zarin is the quintessential New York woman. She is a regular on the Manhattan social circuit, as well as an accomplished businesswoman and a talented photographer. Jill is married to Bobby Zarin, a successful entrepreneur, and together they operate Zarin Fabrics and Home Furnishings. Jill is also involved in numerous charities and counts many celebrities among her friends. A permanent fixture in the Hamptons as well as Manhattan, Jill juggles her career with being a wife and a mother to her daughter Allyson and her stepchildren David (and wife Jill), Jennifer and Jonathan.

· LuAnn de Lesseps is a real-life Countess. Her husband, Alexandre Count de Lesseps, is a French aristocrat (of the Suez Canal dynasty). With LuAnn’s Countess title comes a great sense of pride - the de Lesseps presented New York City with the Statue of Liberty. She uses her title to help with her various charities and is a socialite very much in demand, as well as a busy mom of two. The de Lesseps travel extensively around the world, with trips to exotic locales in Italy, Switzerland, France and Africa.
She also teaches etiquette on morning television shows and has a local cable show on WVVH-TV in the Hamptons called “The Countess Report.”

· Ramona Singer is a busy entrepreneur. She owns her own business, R.M.S. Fashions, a jewelry line, truefaithjewelry.com, a clothing line “True Faith,” and is developing a skin care line as well. She and her husband Mario, a third generation jeweler, and their 13-year-old daughter Avery, live in a striking four-bedroom condo in the Upper East Side of Manhattan. They also have a beautiful second home in Southampton directly on the water. Ramona is an avid tennis player and loves to entertain and is constantly organizing dinner parties and social events.

“The Real Housewives of New York City” is produced by Ricochet Television Inc. Jennifer O’Connell and Nick Emmerson serve as executive producers with Lenid Rolov and Kirsty Robson as co-executive producers.

Bravo is a program service of NBC Universal Cable Entertainment, a division of NBC Universal one of the world’s leading media and entertainment companies in the development, production, and marketing of entertainment, news and information to a global audience. Bravo has been an NBC cable network since December 2002 and was the first television service dedicated to film and the performing arts when it launched in December 1980. For more information visit www.bravotv.com.

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BRAVO REVEALS THE 14 FINALISTS ON “MAKE ME A SUPERMODEL,” PREMIERING ON THURSDAY, JANUARY 10 AT 10 PM ET/PT

Sun, 7 Jan 2008 18:25:51 GMT

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Bravo announced today that Tabatha Coffey, one of the charismatic stars of “Shear Genius,” will star in the new reality pilot “Tabatha’s Salon Takeover” (wt), as she hits the road to takeover and improve the state of American hair salons, one beauty shop at a time. In the series, the perfectly styled, sharp-tongued Australian native brings her no-nonsense approach to a salon in dire need of a makeover. With just a week to work her magic, can she put these salons back on their feet or is it simply time to put up the closed signs for good?

Viewers will get to see Tabatha’s distinct personality as she casts her acerbic eye on the salons she chooses to visit. Viewers will meet the salon owner and his/her stylists and will follow Tabatha as she formulates her plans to takeover these salons, remake them and bring the shops and their staff into the 21st century.

Salon owners can apply to have their shops made over by visiting www.BravoTV.com/casting or by emailing their name, contact information and recent pictures of themselves and their salons to salonmakeovercasting@yahoo.com.

“Tabatha’s Takeover” is produced by Reveille for Bravo. Mark Koops and Sarah-Jane Cohen are the executive producers.

Founded in March 2002 by Ben Silverman (now Co-Chairman of NBC Entertainment and Universal Media Studios), Reveille is a leading independent production and distribution company focused on exploiting worldwide intellectual property rights through scripted and alternative television formats. Reveille produces innovative entertainment programming across all television genres such as the award-winning shows “The Office,” “Ugly Betty” and “The Tudors.” The company also produces “American Gladiators,” “The Biggest Loser,” “Identity,” “House of Boateng,” “30 Days,” “Blow Out” “Nashville Star,” “Date My Mom” and the upcoming “My Dad Is Better Than Your Dad.” In addition, Reveille distributes its growing library of programming, along with a broad array of programming acquired from independent producers and U.S. networks, to more than 150 countries worldwide through Reveille International.

Bravo is a program service of NBC Universal Cable Entertainment, a division of NBC Universal one of the world’s leading media and entertainment companies in the development, production, and marketing of entertainment, news, and information to a global audience. Bravo has been an NBC cable network since December 2002 and was the first television service dedicated to film and the performing arts when it launched in December 1980. For more information, visit www.BravoTV.com.

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All New EPISODE OF BRAVO’S “Tim Gunn’s Guide To Style” Premieres On Thursday, November 29 At 10PM ET/PT

Tue, 28 Nov 2007 20:03:57 GMT

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On tomorrow’s brand new episode of Bravo’s “Tim Gunn’s Guide to Style,’ airing at 10:00 PM ET/PT, Tim and fashion accomplice Veronica Webb work to rebuild the confidence of Lori, a former “Barbie girl” who suffered a major injury that resulted in scarring. They embark on an emotional journey to rediscover the woman who was once known for dressing up and sporting edgy designers, but now has a closet full of sweatpants that hide her injuries. With her wedding day approaching, Lori desperately wants to find a fun, sexy new look that will help her walk with her head held high. Gunn and Webb aim to prove that she can be comfortable and still have a fabulous, put-together look as she embarks on this new chapter of her life.

Check out www.BravoTV.com to read Gunn’s blog, exclusive fashion tips, “After Tim” Q&As with makeover subjects, photo and video diaries. Gunn aficionados can also join the Tim Gunn SMS Fan Club, which will offer them exclusive tips, downloadable content and more. Text TIM to 27286 to sign up, or text STYLE to 27286 for a direct link to the videos.

Bravo is a program service of NBC Universal Cable Entertainment, a division of NBC Universal one of the world’s leading media and entertainment companies in the development, production, and marketing of entertainment, news, and information to a global audience. Bravo has been an NBC cable network since December 2002 and was the first television service dedicated to film and the performing arts when it launched in December 1980. For more information visit www.bravotv.com.

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FOLLOW THE TRAINERS OF BRAVO’S HIT SERIES ‘WORK OUT’ OUTSIDE THE GYM IN THE ORIGINAL SPECIAL ‘WORK OUT: TRAINER’S DAY OFF,’ WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24 AT 9:30 PM ET/PT

Sun, 22 Oct 2007 23:24:24 GMT

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Bravo presents “Work Out: Trainer’s Day Off,” an original special featuring day-in-the-life documentaries of “Work Out” trainers Jesse Brune, Gregg Butler, Rebecca Cardon, Zen Gray, Erika Jacobson, Brian Peeler and Jackie Warner, owner & managing director of Sky Sport and Spa. Hosted by Bravo programming executive and “Watch What Happens” host Andy Cohen, the half-hour special premieres Wednesday, October 24 at 9:30 PM ET/PT.

The special will go beyond the gym walls to find out what the trainers do when they are not sweating it out at work - from Zen’s burgeoning comedy career, to Rebecca’s sushi making adventure, to Erika’s scuba lessons. Sure, there is plenty of drama in the gym, but what makes these trainers tick after hours?

Bravo is a program service of NBC Universal Cable Entertainment, a division of NBC Universal one of the world’s leading media and entertainment companies in the development, production, and marketing of entertainment, news, and information to a global audience. Bravo has been an NBC cable network since December 2002 and was the first television service dedicated to film and the performing arts when it launched in December 1980. For more information visit www.bravotv.com.

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