GAY MARRIAGE ON "TOP CHEF"

Apparently on Top Chef last night the "cheftestants" were asked to prepare dishes for an engaged couple's bachelor and bachelorette parties. One chef objected to the challenge because gay marriage has not been instituted in most states (including Nevada, where the show films this season). Although she did end up participating in the challenge, I'm still pretty interested in how the show has been handling this; you can read head judge Tom Colicchio's defense of both gay marriage and the recent challenge here. (He points out that in season 1, TC catered a gay wedding/commitment ceremony [I forget which].)

There's also a video on the Bravo site described as "Cheftestants take a stand against Prop 8."

ETA: Some contestants also had a problem with the fact that the challenge required the women chefs to cook for the bachelor party's men, while the men chefs cooked for the bachelorette party's women.

Labels: culture, gay marriage, gender, heteronormativity, Proposition 8

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