Top Chef: The Musical
By: Alex Mack
Published: April 29, 2011

Bravo's head of programming Andy Cohen let it slip that Top Chef host Tom Colicchio has a musical side that he's just waiting to get out. 
He said: 
“Tom Colicchio has been pestering me to do Top Chef, The Musical! He thinks he has a great idea about doing something like that … I told him I’m not so sure, but he’s trying to convince me!"
At least season five contestant Leah Cohen would be up for it. She said: 
"The Asian side of me obviously loves karaoke and singing so I would be into making a cameo. I must be wasted before I go onstage. Just kidding! I think Carla has a good personality for a musical. Also Dale. And Marcel could spit a couple of lame raps as well.”
And Marcel has no problems with it either. He added: 
"Totally, of course, I'd love to do it. I'm a pretty decent dancer, I'm not gonna lie. Actually, I was cutting a rug for six hours last night. Yeah, I could definitely handle the freestyle hip-hop scenes. I totally sing in the shower, but it should probably be Milli Vanilli–style, where I can just dance and lip-synch.
I saw Angelo Sosa dance in the Bahamas and, let me tell you, that was something else. It was straight Euro-discotheque, eighties-style. It was like a sexy striptease with him pouring water all over himself. The D.J. actually stopped the music, it was that good. Dale is also a really good dancer, especially to Katy Perry."
As for season six's Eli Kirshtein, he wants to be creative director. He said (in his best Julie Taymor impression):
“It would have to be really dramatic with a protagonist and villain. The challenges would involve cooking to get away from the super-villain, like guessing the allergy that kills them. There would also have to be overt product placement musical numbers — like one about the incredibly shiny Gladware plastic wrap — while a Toyota Highlander drives across the stage. Everyone would be on pulleys, like in Spider-man, and the villain would be wearing a Tom Colicchio mask throughout the show, and at the end he pulls off the mask and it’s actually him.”
But it was Sam Talbot that has the best answer. He confessed, "I would only see the show if they cast Padma — as herself."
Ha. Him and every other red-blooded America. 
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