Bravo Plans New Top Chef For Kids
Hey kids 13-16! Do you like truffles? Do you make a mean osso buco or quick salad with radicchio and pancetta? Sure you do. All kids like food. Which is why Bravo, home to more reality shows than there are hours of programming in a day, is getting ready to start shooting Top Chef Junior, a cooking competition for epicurean, wine-swilling, back-stabbing teenagers.
The broken, rage-filled 10th grade lesbians and haughty, closeted 9th grade boys who will inevitably populate the show will mirror the ruined and angry contestants on the grownups version, while also representing how kids today "are continually expanding their culinary knowledge - from cooking classes to kids' cookbooks," according the show's press release. Also noted in the release is that the adult scream-fest Top Chef, which airs at 10pm on Wednesday nights, performs very well with kids aged 2-17. Who the hell is letting their 8 year old stay up till 11pm on a school night? Seriously, I want to know. Are they the same people that are sending little 12-year-old Vincent (pronounced, by Vincent, as "Vinthhhent") to culinary classes? Find out for me. There's your reality show.