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Bravo’s Emmy award winning series ‘Top Chef’ is back with ‘Top Chef All-Stars,’ and a dream team of 18 past chef’testants cooking for the title role in NYC, alongside hosts Tom Colicchio and Padma Lakshmi. Judge Gail Simmons returns and new this season is no-nonsense chef, best- selling author, and TV’s ‘No Reservations’ food connoisseur Anthony Bourdain. Look for some of our favorite past chefs to to be more determined than ever with fierce competition, drama-filled personalities and backstabbing butchery. ‘Top Chef All- Stars’ premieres next Wednesday, December 1st at 10p ET on Bravo.