"topchefvegas" news and stories

Padma, Gail, Tom, Mark Peel and the troops. Photo: Bravo

Note to "Top Chef" editors: You fooled us. As with any reality show with a dozen-plus contestants, the ones who get the most face time in the early episodes are usually the superstars, or the ones who'll be packing their knives and going home.

By that logic, perma-cryer Jesse -- who managed the ignominious feat of having the lowest scores in the previous two episodes -- was marked for doom this week. But at least she owned her status -- or lack of it -- as the loser of last night's quickfire challenge: "I'm on the bottom again -- balls!"

Ashley: Mick Jagger hair and the rebelliousness to match. Photo: Bravo

If there's a lesson to be learned from the latest installment of "Top Chef Vegas," it's this: Drunk guys at a bachelor party will happily inhale whatever food you put in front of them. And if it's served with a shot, they might even compliment you for it, no matter how gristly, limp and flavor-deprived it may be.

Wednesday night's bachelor- and bachelorette-party hors d'oeuvres challenge managed to serve up a little slice of cruelty for everyone, it seemed.

Not only were the 16 remaining cheftestants forced into gender-based teams that helped determine their fates -- a fact that did not sit well with "I'm as good as any guy" Jennifer.

See who won after the jump.