BIG RED F + BRAVO'S "TOP CHEF: NEW YORK"

Bright knives, Big city. The fifth season of the No. 1 food show on cable, Bravo’s Emmy and James Beard Award-winning series returns with two Boulder, two Big Red F, two chefs from the same block on Pearl Street.  Executive Chef Hosea Rosenberg from Jax Fish House Boulder and Sous Chef Melissa Harrison from Centro Latin Kitchen & Refreshment Palace take on The Big Apple with 15 other cheftestants for a chance to win $100,000 in seed money to help open a restaurant, a feature in Food & Wine magazine, a showcase at the Annual Food & Wine Classic in Aspen and the title of “Top Chef.”   

Each episode holds two challenges for the chefs. The first is a quickfire test of their basic abilities and the second is a more involved elimination challenge designed to test the versatility and inventiveness of the chefs as they take on unique culinary trials such as working with unusual and exotic foods or catering for a range of demanding clients. The challenges not only test their skills in the kitchen, but also uncover if they have the customer service, management and teamwork abilities required of a Top Chef. The competing chefs live and breathe the high-pressure lifestyle that comes with being a master chef and each week someone is asked to “pack up his knives” and go home.

Some of the biggest names in food, music and entertainment including Martha Stewart, Foo Fighters, Jean-Georges, Eric Ripert, Rocco DiSpirito, Wylie Dufresne, Jean-Christophe Novelli and Natasha Richardson will be featured this season on “Top Chef: New York.”

Get ready to watch starting November 12th 10pm et/pt.

To meet the cast of Season Five, visit www.BravoTV.com.