Life After Top Chef, Reviewed

L.V. Anderson over at Slate reviews the seemingly turdtastic new series Life After Top Chef and calls it "a joyless, lifeless attempt by Bravo to squeeze a little more juice out of the desiccated husk of one of its most successful franchises." Also: "Food, taste, ingredients, technique are afterthoughts, mere background for the chefs' real profession: self-promotion." The stars — Jen Carroll, Richard Blais, Spike Mendelsohn, and Fabio Viviani — are called "four of the series' most narcissistic alumni." It premieres tonight. [Slate]