"RestaurantWars" news and stories

If you're like us, you've been waiting all season for the ultimate knock-down, drag-out Voltaggio brothers showdown on "Top Chef Vegas." Ah, the boys next door we love to hate, with their cutting comments, their undermining of each other's abilities, their constant bickering. ... We're not sure what dinner was like in their house growing up, but no doubt it involved lots of flinging of peas and acting out, followed by long, unbearable silences.

You can even see it in their food: Robotic big-bro Bryan and his classically flavored, cooked-to-perfection entrees; sneering bad-boy/skate-punk Michael and his crazy textures, flamboyant technique and exotic flavor profiles. It may be a few episodes too early to say it, but last night -- on the occasion of "Top Chef"'s customary restaurant wars challenge -- we finally saw the their sibling hatred in full effect.

Last week on Top Chef, we saw the chef'testants put through their paces both with canned goods and some gorgeous, farm fresh foods. Ariane was sent home based on the poor job she did butchering some lamb.

This week is the halfway point of the competition with just eight chefs left in the running and so they're bringing back Restaurant Wars, in which the chefs are divided into two teams and told to create and run a restaurant for a single night. The guest judge is Stephen Starr (restaurateur behind Buddakan and Morimoto, among many other restaurants) and he'll determine the who the team leaders are in tomorrow night's episode.

Make sure to tune and see what happens!