While everyone's pulling out his best Tom Colicchio face and judging Richard Blais and Michael Isabella's four-course menu (Blais, you should have went with the Cap'n Crunch ice cream) on last night's Top Chef finale, we are scoping out all of the hotels featured on the all-stars competition.

The last two cheftestants were left to duke it out over the stove in the Bahamas. Of course, they holed up on the island's hotel-for-the-stars, The Cove Atlantis. The chefs, who stayed in an earth-toned suite with floor-to-ceiling windows, each chose one of the 21 Atlantis restaurants in which to set up their own one-night-only eateries.]]> Jennifer Kester 2011-03-31T09:31:50-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/10/4/5149/21426

Now that Top Chef champ Michael Voltaggio has left and the renovations are done, the Langham Huntington, Pasadena will reopen the Dining Room October 22, rechristened as The Royce.

But the restaurant's name isn't the only change diners will see. David Féau, who was executive chef of L.A.'s Cafe Pinot, will be manning the stoves here. And while Féau isn't a tatted-up reality TV star, he does have the cooking cred: He trained under noted chef Guy Savoy and was executive chef of Le Miravile, a Michelin Star-rated restaurant in Paris.]]> Jennifer Kester 2010-10-04T09:14:58-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/12/17/233022/58 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/michaelvdiningroom.jpg" class="top"><p> When we wrote about <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/9/16/03232/9196/hotels/Top_Chef_s_Michael_V_Rocking_It_at_the_Langham_Hotel_in_Pasadena">The Dining Room</a> restaurant at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Langham+Huntington+Hotel+and+Spa/local/1562"><b>Langham Huntington in Pasadena</b></a> in September, we thought because Top Chef contestant <b>Michael Voltaggio</b> had been announced as the chef de cuisine that there was no way he could be the winner of the cooking competition, since most winners take the prize money to open a restaurant themselves.<p>Well, we're eating our words right now for breakfast. With some tabasco sauce and tempura hash browns. But we then wondered, how much longer will he be at the hotel?<p>A rep for the Langham told us that Chef Voltaggio is still going to be cooking at the hotel Tuesday-Saturday nights. There are no further changes expected at The juliana 2009-12-18T10:10:23-05:00 34.1202300 -118.13358 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/12/9/113536/873

Top Chef fans are licking their chops in anticipation of tonight's season 6 finale, one of the fiercest food fights in TC history. The Voltaggio brothers Bryan and Michael face off against one another, along with Kevin Gillespie, the man behind the famous beard. We found some places where you can catch the action with some TC alums and see who will be crowned top toque.

Surprisingly, the M Resort, the setting for most of the Vegas-set show, isn't hosting any TC finale events. Maybe the hotel felt snubbed by the lack of name-dropping it received on the show? Never fear, here are some places that are giving the Bravo show some love.]]> Jennifer Kester 2009-12-09T13:09:41-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/11/12/145811/60 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/32083/moderncottages.jpg" class="top"><p> <p><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Top%20Chef"><i>Top Chef</i></a> and wine country fans alike will be happy to hear this insider scoop we were passed along: This season's finale was shot in one of Northern California's culinary havens, <b>Healdsburg</b>. Those in the know have long been trekking to Healdsburg to eat at restaurants like <b>Cyrus</b>, which one of our close friends&#151;a nearby Sonoma resident&#151;counts as one of her favorite places to dine. It was at Cyrus that part of the finale was shot, according to our channels. <p>With all of this <i>Top Chef</i> love being thrown Healdsburg's way, we thought it might be an appropriate time to list some hotel options for foodies whose trips are centered around tasting, sipping, and even gorging Heidi Atwal 2009-11-12T16:29:26-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/