Brighter Minds Top Chef

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Product Features

• Find out if YOU have what it takes to be the next TOP CHEF!
• Complete 45 unique challenges to be the last chef standing
• Know your flavors and pick ingredients that not only fit the challenge but will create a culinary masterpiece
• Race the clock! Any good chef knows that multitasking is a must in the kitchen
• At the Judges' Table, flavors and execution count. See if you make the cut!

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B001H0NQTE
• Item Weight: 3 pounds
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: November 6, 2008
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #5,861 in Video Games (See Bestsellers in Video Games)

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Product Description

Product Description
Whether you're a gourmet know-it-all or a culinary novice, you're invited into the Top Chef kitchen - and the competition is just heating up. Take on the role of a contestant, compete against a line-up of tough and talented chefs, and have your dishes judged by the Host Padma Lakshmi and Head Judge Tom Colicchio. Cook your way through 30 Quickfire and 15 Elimination Challenges, choose from hundreds of ingredients to get the flavor combinations just right, and stay on top of your game - if you don't have what it takes, you could be asked to pack your knives and go!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Top Chef really cooks!, November 11, 2008

By	R. L. Meredith "Author, publisher, comic book... (Columbus, OH) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

I really liked this game.

It captures the spirit of the show really well. The Quickfire and Elimination Challenges are really fun. The game play is easy to pick up, but challenging enough to make me want to keep playing.

I thought it was clever that if you have some cooking knowledge it can benefit you in the game. But novices don't need to worry. you can pick up a lot of cooking tips as you go.

Buy this game for not just your Top Chef fan friends, but your casual game fan friends too!

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Addictive game for Top Chef fans!, January 2, 2009

By	J. Lee "imajeel" (Houston, TX USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

Now is your chance to really be a Top Chef (even if like me - you don't really cook)! With 15 "episodes" that have you compete in both quick fire and elimination challenges matching up appropriate ingredients as quick-as-you can, this is a perfect (and addictive) gift for any Top Chef fan. Here's the upsides, downsides and tips for this game I've found:

Upsides:
1. Challenges escalate in toughness - while teaching you what you need to succeed in future ones. (Tip: read all the dialogue at scorings, between contestants and by "Anna" your chef when she's thinking about a challenge to get tips on how to succeed!)

2. It's true to the Top Chef format.
What's available in your pantry to use for each challenge changes, and it rates each of your dishes from 1 to 5 stars. (It shows and describes your final dish, and there's a great deal of odd satisfaction that occurs when you creat a 5-star one!)

3. Great on-going playability.
Most of the challenges require you to make multiple dishes. So, while it seems like only 15 episodes, you literally have to create 100's of dishes. Even when you succeed through all the levels - you'll want to play again!

Downsides:
1. Graphics are a bit simple.
In this day and age, the graphics will seem antiquated to some, "Anna" the chef representing you does wierd things like chop "soy sauce", Tom and Padma have a set of standard responses they make when judging your dishes.

2. Two of the power-ups (special powers) are tricky and hard to use, it takes a little while to master them.
There's a video walk-through on Bravo's topchefthegame site that's pretty much a necessity for understanding it.

3. The "Classic Combos" which give you a lot more points are sometimes not all that intuitive.
Sure red and green peppers seem like a natural - but what's a "savory rich item" that goes with something "sweet and tart" that's actually available in your pantry? But, someone has helpfully put together a list of all of the classic combos. It's on the topchefthegame site, too.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Top Notch Top Chef, November 14, 2008

By	Lisa Richman (Lake Worth, FL) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I was so happy to see this game on Amazon. I am a real cooking nut and I love anything that supports my hobby. Top Chef, The Game was fun, challenging and easy to play; it kept me interested and I was surprised to have learned some new ideas as well.

My young adult children were interested in playing, in spite of their limited cooking experience. I think I will be making "starter gourmet cooking baskets" for the holidays and will be sure to include a Top Chef game in each! This would also make a great gift for that 50's to 60's party you get invited to for your baby boomer friends or think of including it with a shower gift for young newlyweds.

Whatever the occasion, what could be better than a great get together with food and fun!