Photo: Julie Toy; Bravo
Good news: Top Chef Masters is up for a third season, says Eater. Even better news? Celebrity chef and KitchenDaily contributer Curtis Stone will be hosting. (Sorry, Kelly Choi.) And he's also on the roster to judge contestants on NBC's upcoming America's Next Great Restaurant, which is set to premier in March. Non-food-obessed folks might recognize Curtis for his long run on Celebrity Apprentice 3, but longtime fans will remember his early days on TLC's Take Home Chef, where he found wandering home-cooks in grocery aisles to go home with in order to revamp thier special meals (along with an engagement or two).
But here at AOL, we know him as the guy who teaches us simple, down-to-earth cooking in a KitchenDaily video series aptly called Cooking with Curtis Stone. His Austrailian upbringing and classic London training (under legend Marco Pierre White) have lent us many a satisfying dish. Find demos for making homemade waffles, white chocolate Macademia nut cookies, and plenty of meat -- braised short ribs with honey-roasted carrots, turkey bolognese, and a standing rib roast all sound great for anyone else braving a snowdrift right now.
Watch Curtis Stone's videos from KitchenDaily after the jump ...

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1-17-2011 @4:56PM Nat said... actually i know him from the days long ago when he had a television show with a friend of his out of Australia or New Zealand until his buddy got married...it played on Canadian television
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1-30-2011 @5:30AM Christina said... I hope he is better than Kelly..she seemed bored, and I had difficulty believing she was truly interested in the chefs and the progress they had made each week. Thank you Bravo for bringing on some more credible people to guide the Top Chef franchise.
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