Tonight marks the debut of Top Chef Masters (Bravo- 10pm, repeating 11 times this week) a spin-off of the venerable Top Chef franchise.

  According to Bravo-

Top Chef Masters will pit 24 world-renowned chefs against each other and see how well they fare in the tried and true format of Top Chef. In each episode, money will be at stake for the chefs, with the winners of eliminations being awarded cash donations for their charities.

Bravo, Bravo? I guess we’ll see.

A second spin-off is planed and reportedly Bravo has ordered 8 episodes of ‘Top Chef Junior’ featuring chefs people cooking, ages 13-16.

Lets hope they’re not ‘jumping the shark’ here. We’ve also heard rumors of Top Chef Idol (Can you cook AND sing?), Top Chef’s Got Talent (Knives: Cut, Chop, Juggle, Throw) and perhaps our favorite, Top Chef Canine (after sternly being given the ‘cook’ command, a  pack of dogs is released in a grocery store with hiiiiiiilarious results).

We’ll be watching.

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