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    Good Food

    Tom Colicchio on the Celebrity Chef

    Tom Colicchio is the head judge on Top Chef .  He's written numerous cookbooks and owns several restaurants.  Tom was named 2010 Outstanding Chef from the James Beard Foundation .  He wrote the introduction to the latest edition of James Beard's American Cookery .

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    By Evan Kleiman • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Tom Colicchio is the head judge on Top Chef. He's written numerous cookbooks and owns several restaurants. Tom was named 2010 Outstanding Chef from the James Beard Foundation. He wrote the introduction to the latest edition of James Beard's American Cookery.

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    The full episode

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    Tom Colicchio; Parsnips; Bialys; Jonathan Gold
    1. 0:00Market Report
    2. 8:29Farming on National Parkland
    3. 14:45Olympic Restaurant
    4. 21:26James Beard's Legacy
    5. 27:32Tom Colicchio on the Celebrity ChefYou’re reading this
    6. 36:47The Bialy
    7. 49:01Bull Pizzle Soup at Hop Woo
    8. 53:32Gougeres
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      Evan Kleiman

      host 'Good Food'

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      Harriet Ells

      Program Director for Talk

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      Bob Carlson

      host and producer, 'UnFictional'

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      Gillian Ferguson

      Supervising Producer, Good Food

      CultureFood & Drink

    The full episode

    5 of 8
    Tom Colicchio; Parsnips; Bialys; Jonathan Gold
    1. 0:00Market Report
    2. 8:29Farming on National Parkland
    3. 14:45Olympic Restaurant
    4. 21:26James Beard's Legacy
    5. 27:32Tom Colicchio on the Celebrity ChefYou’re reading this
    6. 36:47The Bialy
    7. 49:01Bull Pizzle Soup at Hop Woo
    8. 53:32Gougeres
    Back to Good Food