6 posts and columns on Top Chef

Tasty Geek: Nathan Myhrvold Takes His Modernist Cuisine to “Top Chef”

in Media on January 7 at 10:38 am PT

A side of patent troll pâté anyone?
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Groupon Moves Into TV Land, Does Deals With Top Chefs

in News on August 4, 2010 at 2:15 pm PT

Groupon.com, a website that offers local daily deals through group coupons, is teaming up with restaurants owned by Top Chef contestants from the show on the Bravo TV network. From August 4 through August 8, Groupon subscribers will receive featured deals for the restaurants if users are based in the vicinity — Washington, D.C.; Miami, Fla.; Atlanta, Ga.; and Culver City and San Francisco, Calif.

Why Comcast Will Stay Hands Off Hulu, for Now

in Media on December 3, 2009 at 12:16 pm PT

Hulu and its broadcast TV owners have been pretty clear about their interest in creating a premium/subscription offering for the free site. Does Comcast want to change that? I don’t think so, despite words to the contrary this morning.
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Google’s Top Chef Leaves Las Vegas

in Media on September 3, 2009 at 4:28 am PT

Sorry Googlers, I have no choice but to deliver this important and sad news: The woman who runs your cafeteria will not be crowned “Top Chef.”
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Google’s Top Chef Tripped Up by Shellfish

in Media on August 21, 2009 at 3:00 am PT

Hey Googlers! Ever wonder what life is like on a big-deal, nationally televised reality show? If you’re working at the main Googleplex in Mountain View, you may be able find out: Just ask Preeti Mistry. You can find Mistry at Charlie’s Cafe, where’s she’s back to work running Google’s much celebrated cafeteria. But earlier this year, she was a contestant on Bravo’s “Top Chef,” which kicked off its sixth season this week. And she survived the first episode, clams and all.
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How Advertisers Can Foil the Fast-Forward Button: Ads You Have to Watch

in Media on March 21, 2009 at 9:13 am PT

More than a third of all U.S. homes now have TiVo-like digital video recorders, and the majority of DVR users fast-forward through ads when they watch TV. One way to stop that: Make ads with bizarro visuals that demand your attention.
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