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‘Top Chef: Texas’: Bravo’s not saying much
Bravo has been really, really quiet about what’s in store this season on “Top Chef: Texas.”
Fans here in the Lone Star State — and beyond — have been clamoring for details for months but, with the show’s debut just two weeks away, the cable network hasn’t released much info.
As I previously reported, we do know the show got $400,000 in state tourism money. The San Antonio Express-News reports the show got $200,000 more from San Antonio in exchange for exposure aplenty.
New photos released by Bravo show the show’s 29 contestants, as well as host Padma Lakshmi, in — you guessed it — San Antonio, posing in front of the Alamo. Shock, shock.
The show also reportedly filmed in Austin and Dallas. Houston, my hometown, was apparently snubbed.
A poster on the Bravo website indicates “Top Chef” did some filming at the Salt Lick, but the network has yet to confirm any of the locations where this season’s episodes were shot.
One thing we do know: Two of the 29 chefs feature this year are Austinites. Andrew Curren from 24 Diner and Paul Qui from the Uchiko and East Side King restaurants are both featured.
The show debuts Nov. 2 at 9 p.m. As more details leak out, we’ll be sure to share.
‘Top Chef: Texas’ contestants at the Alamo
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