'Top Chef Masters' Season 2 Set for 2010

Who needs high fashion when you have high calories? Bravo has renewed 'Top Chef Masters' for a second season, helping fill the gap created by the loss of perennial reality favorite 'Project Runway.'

'Masters,' which features popular and renowned chefs going head to head in a cooking competition, is a spin-off of 'Top Chef', which is currently airing its sixth season. Rick Bayless of Chicago won the first season this summer.Who needs high fashion when you have high calories? Bravo has renewed 'Top Chef Masters' for a second season, helping fill the gap created by the loss of perennial reality favorite 'Project Runway.'

'Masters,' which features popular and renowned chefs going head to head in a cooking competition, is a spin-off of 'Top Chef', which is currently airing its sixth season. Rick Bayless of Chicago won the first season this summer.

According to a press release from parent company NBC Universal, Kelly Choi will return as host and Gael Greene, James Oseland and Jay Rayner as judges; they will be joined on the panel by 'Top Chef' regular Gail Simmons.

The renewal is no surprise, as the series ranks as the highest-rated reality debut in Bravo history, averaging a healthy 2.2 million viewers, including 1.5 million in the key 18-49 demographic. 'Top Chef Masters' will continue to be produced by Magical Elves, the company that provided Bravo with 'Project Runway' prior to that show defecting to Lifetime earlier this year.


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