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beg to differ
Hell's Kitchen couldn't keep my attention for even 10 minutes--they never showed the food and, as Heather H. confirmed, the contestants seemed singularly untalented. But Top Chef is altogether different. There's relatively little time devoted to the contestants' feuds or personalities. And the food gets (almost) more star treatment than Padma--the dishes presented in beautifully lit close-ups that make me reach for my phone to make reservations somewhere.
What I love about Top Chef is that it allows unglamorous, ordinary, and sometimes misfit people to earn attention because they have a real skill, work hard, and put themselves on the line. It's pretty much the opposite of the reality TV ethos.