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  Ilan Hall beats Marcel Vigneron to become 'Top Chef 2' champion

  February 1, 2007
  Despite Food & Wine's public statement claiming otherwise, the magazine's website spoiler apparently had it right all along, as 24-year-old Ilan Hall was named the winner of the second season of Bravo's Top Chef on Wednesday night, besting the culinary skills of 26-year-old Marcel Vigneron in the show's finale.

• Bravo's 'Top Chef 2' winner prematurely revealed by 'Food & Wine?'

  January 30, 2007
  Has Food & Wine magazine, one of Top Chef's sponsors, inadvertently revealed the reality show's second season winner by posting an interview with one of the culinary competition's two remaining finalists on its website on Monday afternoon -- two days before Top Chef 2's conclusion is scheduled to air on Bravo?
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  'Top Chef 2' finalist Marcel Vigneron assaulted by a show viewer

  January 23, 2007
  Reality television contestant isn't a very dangerous job -- unless of course your televised antics don't sit too well with viewers.

• Marcel Vigneron describes 'Top Chef 2's hair-raising incident

  January 22, 2007
  Last week's broadcast of Bravo's Top Chef 2 got a taste of The Real World last Wednesday when 26-year-old Marcel Vigneron was wrestled from sleep by three of his fellow culinary-competition contestants for a quick head shave.

• 'Top Chef' host Padma Lakshmi not so hot with season two contestants

  January 17, 2007
  Could it be one and done for Top Chef host Padma Lakshmi?

• Reality TV shows make 2006 into Bravo's best ratings year ever

  January 8, 2007
  Bravo enjoyed its best ratings year ever in 2006, and the basic cable network has its reality TV programming to thank. 

• Bravo's 'Top Chef 2' sets ratings records in post-holidays return

  January 8, 2007
  The second season of Top Chef returned to Bravo with a bang after a three-week holiday hiatus, as the series' January 3 episode attracted 2.2 million viewers, making it the most watched episode of the series ever, according to Nielsen ratings figures.
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  Bravo's 'Top Chef 2' to begin filming this month, premiere in October

  July 13, 2006
  Bravo has announced that the second edition of its Top Chef culinary reality competition series -- which will feature a new host and take place in a new city -- will begin production later this month and premiere in October.

• Bravo confirms Katie Lee Joel won't return for 'Top Chef 2'

  June 27, 2006
  Verifying online reports that began emerging last week, Bravo has confirmed that Top Chef host Katie Lee Joel won't be returning for the reality show's recently announced second edition.

• Bravo renews 'Top Chef' for a second season, extends current run

  May 2, 2006
  "Top Chef" has been so sweet for Bravo, the cable network Tuesday extended the cooking competition's current run and renewed it for a second season.

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