"top chef desserts" news and stories

Longtime "Top Chef" judge Gail Simmons will host the latest spinoff of the popular reality cooking show, "Top Chef: Just Desserts," Eater National reported.

Bravo announced it was creating the show, this time featuring pastry chefs, back in October. The second season of its other "Top Chef" spinoff, "Top Chef Masters" is set to air April 7. Like the original, but unlike Masters, the pastry contestants will live together during filming.

"We're finding people really love this franchise, and there seems to be no end to the interest in it," Bravo exec VP-general manager Frances Berwick said when the show was announced last year.

The announcement that Simmons will head up the dessert fest has sparked speculation she's in line to replace "Top Chef" host Padma Lakshmi if and when she goes on maternity leave.

Gail Simmons gives us the inside scoop about her future role on Bravo in our exclusive interview.