Reality Check: Melissa from 'Top Chef' is a Marylander, too - A reality TV blog by The Baltimore Sun's Sarah Kelber

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November 14, 2008

Melissa from 'Top Chef' is a Marylander, too

We've been remiss in noting that "Top Chef: New York" cheftestant Melissa is a Marylander, in addition to Jill Snyder of Red Maple fame. (Read Baltimore Sun dining critic Elizabeth Large's review of Red Maple -- and her Dining @ Large blog post about Melissa.)

According to her bio on the Bravo page, Melissa grew up on a horse farm -- we think near Towson -- and "spent her youth surrounded by farm fresh produce and livestock. Her upbringing influenced her love of food and cooking from an early age." Like Jill, Melissa was trained at Baltimore International College.

Melissa is a sous chef at a Boulder, Colo., restaurant now -- but there's no Elizabeth Large review for that one.

Also on Baltimore Sun blogs, TV critic David Zurawik reports that Wednesday's "Top Chef" had its highest ratings for a premiere.

There's good news for the page-views for bravotv.com, as well -- and I can claim responsibility for at least 50 of those.

Posted by Mary Hartney at 1:17 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)
Categories: Top Chef

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I love that the Polynesian dishwasher backed his way into the top three.

Posted by: Mark | November 14, 2008 4:08 PM

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About Sarah Kelber

Sarah Kickler Kelber, an editor in the features department since 1999, got sucked into reality TV with the first episode of MTV's The Real World in 1992. Then came Survivor and American Idol, and suddenly, the genre was everywhere. She started blogging about it for The Baltimore Sun in January 2006 and has logged more hours watching and writing about such shows as Dancing With the Stars, Big Brother and, of course, Idol, than she'd like to admit.

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