The Top Chef cheftestants hit the water tonight with a little guidance from Chef Jeremy Sewall and Island Creek Oysters’ founder and owner Skip Bennett. The pair has worked together closely on projects like Island Creek Oyster Bar and Row 34, so it’s no surprise they were tapped to show the final four the ropes down on Duxbury Bay. We talked to them both about their roles on the episode, advice for contestants and young chefs alike and plans for the forthcoming Row 34 Portsmouth. Read more

After a holiday hiatus, Top Chef Boston returns tonight with a Julia Child tribute challenge for the five remaining cheftestants. Tune in to see a few familiar faces around the judges table – BL Gruppo’s Barbara Lynch, Harvest’s Mary Dumont, and Myers + Chang’s Joanne Chang, who was also kind enough to share some of her impressions about her participation. Read more

Chef Joanne Chang left a job as a management consultant to become a chef – and it’s lucky for food lovers that she did. Her legendary (Bobby-Flay-beating) sticky buns sell out at all four Flour locations and Myers + Chang is pretty much perpetually packed. On this week’s Top Chef Chang finds herself at the table with culinary legend, Jacques Pepin, to pay tribute to another culinary legend who called Cambridge home, Julia Child. We caught up with her and talked about her experience and why we’re not likely to catch her competing on any Top Chef-ish shows any time soon. Read more