‘Top Chef Masters’ Has a Leaner Look on Bravo - NYTimes.com So a new Top Chef Masters starts tonight: some good and bad new in here.   GOOD: they’ve cut out the “feeder tournaments” and we’ll get to watch a field of 12 compete from the beginning.  GOOD: no more Kelly Choi MEH: down to two regular judges UGH: those judges do not include Gael Greene, but do include James Oseland. GOOD: the 1- to 5-star scoring system is gone, instead going with the straight-up elimination by judges. BAD: one of those judges is James Oseland

 ‘Top Chef Masters’ Has a Leaner Look on Bravo - NYTimes.com

So a new Top Chef Masters starts tonight: some good and bad new in here.  

GOOD: they’ve cut out the “feeder tournaments” and we’ll get to watch a field of 12 compete from the beginning. 

GOOD: no more Kelly Choi

MEH: down to two regular judges

UGH: those judges do not include Gael Greene, but do include James Oseland.

GOOD: the 1- to 5-star scoring system is gone, instead going with the straight-up elimination by judges.

BAD: one of those judges is James Oseland

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