We've written extensively on our mixed feelings aboutTop Chef: Masters, due to premiere June 10th on Bravo. If you Top Chef fans haven't heard, Masters will feature well-known chefs as contestants, Kelly Choi (pictured above) as host, and no big-time chef on the judges' panel: the judges for Top Chef Masters, besides Choi, are: New York magazine's restaurant critic Gael Green, Editor-in-Chief of Saveur magazine James Oseland and British journalist, writer and broadcaster Jay Rayner.
Yeah, so we don't love Kelly Choi from her work on Eat Out NY, and we're concerned about the lack of a well-respected chef as judge - who's the true authority, the Colicchio? We were sure to watch, but we had trepidations. But now we're getting a little more psyched, as Bravo has released the list of contestants and some of the guest judges. The competing chefs are a pretty good crew, for all you foodies out there. And the celebrity guest judges? At least two of our absolute favorites...
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