Toby Young on Top Chef

First off, when I read Toby Young’s memoir about his stint at Vanity Fair, I think I laughed so hard a few times I knocked one of my cats off the bed. And I was thrilled to hear this British food critic was going to judge this season on one of my favorite shows, Top Chef. But I was severely disappointed with him last week — he just wasn’t that funny and his condemnations of the cheftestants’ dishes were too overwrought.

Luckily he redeemed himself this week. He still went for some truly awful similes but I loved it when he said when he gets served a pork product, he wants to make love to it. (Or something like that.) It was very funny.

Anyway, an interview with Mr. Toby Young on the LA Times‘ Show Tracker blog for your reading pleasure.

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