Top Chef Masters! Season two! First episode aired the other day. Anyone see it?
I didn't care for: the host, the editing (not as sloppy as in the regular show, but sloppy enough to be really annoying), the judges (all of which are back from season one: the 100-year-old lady with the hats (indoors!) and the clapping teeth that warbles her speech and you kinda suspect will fall out of her skull at any moment; the guy from Saveur magazine who's almost a charicature of a bitchy critic with his clearly-fake, clearly-preplanned "spur-of-the-moment" oneliners (much like Toby Young in the reg show); and the English dude who should get a haircut, stat), most of the silly challenges the chefs are forced to take on
I did care for: the chefs.
So, nothing's changed, really. I do enjoy the show.