Top Chef is probably the best cooking competition show in the American television today. With its wide recognition from the viewers, Bravo has decided to order a spinoff of the show with the working name Top Chef Junior. The new show will be following the same format of Top Chef. But this time, the contestants will be teenage chefs instead of adults, from ages 13-16. Bravo believes that the new show would surely be a hit to young viewers since Top Chef has consistently ranked 15 among viewers aging 2-17.
Bravo is extremely enthusiastic with the new show. ?With Top Chef as the number one food show on cable comes the natural expansion in our food domain," said Bravo Media executive Frances Berwick. ?With Top Chef Junior we're reaching a growing market and are developing a series that will teach and test the skills of younger aspiring chefs and appeal to the whole family," he added. Bravo will be airing eight episodes of Top Chef Junior. The show will be produced by the same Top Chef producers Magical Elves and executive producers Dan Cutforth and Jane Lipsitz.
Aside from Top Chef Junior, the network has also ordered another cooking show featuring the French celebrity chef, Jean-Christopher Novelli. Novelli was once named by New York Times as the World's Sexiest Chef. The show will feature his big move from France to Los Angeles, where he will be opening his own cooking school to train aspiring young chefs. The show will also feature Novelli's new business venture and his interactions with his students. Although Novelli has already appeared in numerous British programs, this would be the first time that he will be having his own American show.
