Hey are you a fan of Top Chef and have an estimated $20,000 burning a hole in your pocket? Because do we have the auction for you: Up on Charity Buzz is an auction for a table for two during the shooting of the next Top Chef "Restaurant Wars" episode — it's donated by Padma Lakshmi and proceeds go to The Endometriosis Foundation of America.
The package includes roundtrip coach airfare, two nights at a hotel, a meet and greet with the judges, and you get to be on TV with "the opportunity to be on camera and on the show itself when it airs." And while the "date and location will be kept confidential until further notice" — it is, after all, a secret — filming apparently will occur "sometime in July or August, 2011." The current bid is at $5,600 (estimated value is $20k), but you do have some time: the auction closes March 30th.
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