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After turning on Bravo last night, I was surprised to see that a repeat of Top Chef, was playing in the time slot that would ordinarily feature a new episode. I checked out the show's website to see if there was any news and, while I didn't find anything about air times other than a lot of banners reminding me that a "new episode airs every Wednesday at 10pm," I did notice a couple of newish features. They have added an Are You A Top Chef? feature to which you can submit photos and recipes of your own creations. Some, but not all, of the entries will be posted on the website. Bravo is also selling some Top Chef merchandise, which might be a good holiday gift for a Top Chef fan. They have a "I'm not your bitch, bitch!" t-shirt, immortalizing Dave's words to Tiffani last season, a Chop! apron, designed by Project Runway's Nick Verreos, who was a part of season 2 of that show, and an assortment of Top Chef-logo dish towels, aprons and oven mitts.

Take a look at the recaps from previous episodes to get caught up in the season. Hopefully we'll get to see a new episode next week:

• Season Premier
• Episode 2
• Episode 3
• Episode 4
• Episode 5
• Episode 6

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Tomorrow night is the second-to-last episode of Bravo's Top Chef. Only three of the final four contestants will be chosen to compete in the Las Vegas finals in the season finale. Here's a rundown of the final four and what their chances of winning are:

Tiffani Faisson - Tiffani, 28, is a Boston native who has spent the past few years living in Las Vegas, where she worked as chef de partie at the Daniel Boulud Brasserie in the Wynn Hotel. She also worked the front of the house, as a server at the Venetian, before moving back east to return to the kitchen. She's a talented chef with high ideals, ideals that she refuses to compromise. As it was first pointed out to her in Episode 3, cooking is a service industry and often you have to serve what the customers want, not just what you want to give them. She is also too controlling. She loves to micromanage, but being a Top Chef is about leadership and you can't lead people without letting them walk on their own two feet. In fact, Tiffani doesn't lead people at all. If she's not getting her way, she's saying "I knew that would fail and I let them do it anyway." The judges hate it because it is indicative of the fact that Tiffani does not work well as part of a team.