东方卫视版《顶级厨师》将继承国外原版特色，打造一档美食与真人秀相结合的综艺节目。同时结合国内观众收视习惯及节目制作形态做了一定改造，凸显中国特色，所有制作菜肴的主题均以中国菜式为主；节目的三位评委将由国内明星与资深美食家担任。

《顶级厨师（Master Chef）》是全球历史最悠久的烹饪美食节目之一，1990 年由英国 BBC 首次播出并大获成功。Master Chef 品牌风靡全球，在澳大利亚、美国、希腊、意大利等国家都有制作播出，且收视表现良好。 这档节目将宏大场景与精细的美食制作相融合，把美食背后个人的梦想推到台前，最终产生的“顶级厨师”荣誉获得者将实现自己对于厨艺的终极梦想。节目中的宏大场面会给观众带来前所未有的视觉体验和观看享受，而性格各异的参与者之间的冲突与合作，以及参与者和评审之间的互动也是节目的看点所在。 中国版《顶级厨师》会继承国外原版的特色，着力打造国内首档大型美食真人秀，展现普通人的厨师梦想。同时会结合国内观众的收视习惯和节目制作形式，因地制宜、自我创新，凸显中国特色，所有制作菜肴的主题都以中国菜式为主，让观众在荧屏前观看时，感受到垂涎欲滴、跃跃欲试的诱惑。

LIFE ON TOP is a new erotic television series exploring the sex-filled adventures of four young women striving to make it in Manhattan. 　　Sophie, an ambitious but naïve business school graduate who just broke up with her college boyfriend, moves to New York intent on making her mark at a venture capital firm. She's shocked when she arrives at her older sister Bella's fabulous city apartment and discovers that gorgeous, confident and outgoing Bella is also a very successful and much in demand erotic model with plenty of scandalous secrets to reveal. But Bella, who is not as tough as she seems, is also facing the reality of the limited lifespan of her beauty-obsessed profession and yearning for a more stable and meaningful relationship with that one special person. 　　While Sophie is still burdened with some old-fashioned ideas about sexuality, she's also envious of Bella's glamorous, liberated girl-about-town lifestyle. And then there's all those beautiful new people she'll get to meet. There's so much more to learn about life and love from an ever-expanding group of vibrant, sexually-charged girlfriends and the men who hover around them. 　　LIFE ON TOP is based on the upcoming St. Martin's novel by Clara Darling.

LIFE ON TOP is a new erotic television series exploring the sex-filled adventures of four young women striving to make it in Manhattan. 　　Sophie, an ambitious but naïve business school graduate who just broke up with her college boyfriend, moves to New York intent on making her mark at a venture capital firm. She's shocked when she arrives at her older sister Bella's fabulous city apartment and discovers that gorgeous, confident and outgoing Bella is also a very successful and much in demand erotic model with plenty of scandalous secrets to reveal. But Bella, who is not as tough as she seems, is also facing the reality of the limited lifespan of her beauty-obsessed profession and yearning for a more stable and meaningful relationship with that one special person. 　　While Sophie is still burdened with some old-fashioned ideas about sexuality, she's also envious of Bella's glamorous, liberated girl-about-town lifestyle. And then there's all those beautiful new people she'll get to meet. There's so much more to learn about life and love from an ever-expanding group of vibrant, sexually-charged girlfriends and the men who hover around them. 　　LIFE ON TOP is based on the upcoming St. Martin's novel by Clara Darling.

Bravo serves up the second season of its hit culinary competition series "Top Chef" beginning on Wednesday, October 18 at 11:00 p.m. Then, it will move into its regular 10:00 p.m. timeslot on Wednesday, October 25. 　　The new crop of fifteen of the country's most impressive rising chefs in the second season all hope to follow in the footsteps of season one winner, Harold Dieterle, who plans to open his Manhattan restaurant, Perilla, later this year. 　　The series features fifteen aspiring chefs who compete for their shot at culinary stardom and the chance to earn the prestigious title of "Top Chef." Each episode holds two challenges for the chefs. The first is a quickfire test of their basic abilities and the second is a more involved elimination challenge designed to test the versatility and invention of the chefs as they take on unique culinary trials such as working with unusual and exotic foods or catering for a range of demanding clients. The challenges not only test their skills in the kitchen, but also uncover if they have the customer service, management and teamwork abilities required of a Top Chef. The competing chefs live and breathe the high-pressure lifestyle that comes with being a master chef, and each week someone is asked to "pack up their knives" and go home. 　　Actress and award-winning writer Padma Lakshmi joins the second season as host of "Top Chef," introducing the challenges to the contestants and sitting at the judges' table each week. Lakshmi is currently working on her second cookbook for Miramax Books, due in Spring 2007, a culinary endeavor of over 150 recipes from around the world and intriguing personal memoirs. This is a follow up to her successful first cookbook, Easy Exotic, for which she won the International Versailles Event for best cookbook by a first time writer. 　　Tom Colicchio, one of the culinary world's most celebrated figures and co-founder of New York City's Gramercy Tavern and Craft Restaurants, returns as Head Chef/Judge for the new season, guiding the chefs through the challenges and demanding that they perform only at their best. Food expert and tough critic Gail Simmons of Food & Wine magazine also returns as a regular judge for the series. In addition, each week will feature a special guest judge, some of the most respected figures in the culinary industry. 　　The second season also features a glitzy new backdrop -- the city of Los Angeles. The contestants will reside in the city's culturally burgeoning downtown area, where most of the season's production activity will be centered. 　　The "Top Chef" season two chefs are: 　　• Elia L. Aboumrad - 23 - Las Vegas, NV 　　• Otto Borsich - 46 - Las Vegas, NV 　　• Marisa Churchill - 28 - San Francisco, CA 　　• Clifford Crooks - 28 - West Caldwell, NJ 　　• Carlos Fernandez - 36 - Fort Lauderdale, FL 　　• Betty Fraser - 44 - Los Angeles, CA 　　• Mia Gaines - 32 - Oakdale, CA 　　• Ilan Hall - 24 - New York, NY 　　• Michael Midgley - 28 - Stockton, CA 　　• Josie Smith-Malave - 31 - Brooklyn, NY 　　• Emily Sprissler - 30 - Las Vegas, NV 　　• Sujai Steinhauer - 29 - New York, NY 　　• Sam Talbot - 28 - New York, NY 　　• Frank Terzoli - 39 - San Diego, CA 　　• Marcel Vigneron - 26 - Las Vegas, NV

Bravo serves up the second season of its hit culinary competition series "Top Chef" beginning on Wednesday, October 18 at 11:00 p.m. Then, it will move into its regular 10:00 p.m. timeslot on Wednesday, October 25. 　　The new crop of fifteen of the country's most impressive rising chefs in the second season all hope to follow in the footsteps of season one winner, Harold Dieterle, who plans to open his Manhattan restaurant, Perilla, later this year. 　　The series features fifteen aspiring chefs who compete for their shot at culinary stardom and the chance to earn the prestigious title of "Top Chef." Each episode holds two challenges for the chefs. The first is a quickfire test of their basic abilities and the second is a more involved elimination challenge designed to test the versatility and invention of the chefs as they take on unique culinary trials such as working with unusual and exotic foods or catering for a range of demanding clients. The challenges not only test their skills in the kitchen, but also uncover if they have the customer service, management and teamwork abilities required of a Top Chef. The competing chefs live and breathe the high-pressure lifestyle that comes with being a master chef, and each week someone is asked to "pack up their knives" and go home. 　　Actress and award-winning writer Padma Lakshmi joins the second season as host of "Top Chef," introducing the challenges to the contestants and sitting at the judges' table each week. Lakshmi is currently working on her second cookbook for Miramax Books, due in Spring 2007, a culinary endeavor of over 150 recipes from around the world and intriguing personal memoirs. This is a follow up to her successful first cookbook, Easy Exotic, for which she won the International Versailles Event for best cookbook by a first time writer. 　　Tom Colicchio, one of the culinary world's most celebrated figures and co-founder of New York City's Gramercy Tavern and Craft Restaurants, returns as Head Chef/Judge for the new season, guiding the chefs through the challenges and demanding that they perform only at their best. Food expert and tough critic Gail Simmons of Food & Wine magazine also returns as a regular judge for the series. In addition, each week will feature a special guest judge, some of the most respected figures in the culinary industry. 　　The second season also features a glitzy new backdrop -- the city of Los Angeles. The contestants will reside in the city's culturally burgeoning downtown area, where most of the season's production activity will be centered. 　　The "Top Chef" season two chefs are: 　　• Elia L. Aboumrad - 23 - Las Vegas, NV 　　• Otto Borsich - 46 - Las Vegas, NV 　　• Marisa Churchill - 28 - San Francisco, CA 　　• Clifford Crooks - 28 - West Caldwell, NJ 　　• Carlos Fernandez - 36 - Fort Lauderdale, FL 　　• Betty Fraser - 44 - Los Angeles, CA 　　• Mia Gaines - 32 - Oakdale, CA 　　• Ilan Hall - 24 - New York, NY 　　• Michael Midgley - 28 - Stockton, CA 　　• Josie Smith-Malave - 31 - Brooklyn, NY 　　• Emily Sprissler - 30 - Las Vegas, NV 　　• Sujai Steinhauer - 29 - New York, NY 　　• Sam Talbot - 28 - New York, NY 　　• Frank Terzoli - 39 - San Diego, CA 　　• Marcel Vigneron - 26 - Las Vegas, NV

清末，欧洲探险家泰莱为了寻找一座传说中的沙漠古城，来到新疆喀会噶尔城。 在一个不见主人的地摊上，他发现了一件1000多年前的中国古物，断定摊主就是能将他带往古城的理想向导，于是就用厚礼买通当地的清廷官员帮他寻找这个人。不想沙皇俄国驻喀什的领事却把那摊主的主人赛义德带给了泰莱，并举荐了一位被称为“东方通”的青年俄国军官毕齐柯夫给泰莱当翻译和助手。摊主依卜拉因因迫于残酷的压榨，带着唯一的亲人——孙子巴吾东逃亡在戈壁滩上，此时，被官府抓了回来，被迫带领泰莱的探险队向塔克拉玛干大沙漠进发。依卜拉因不甘心受侵略者的奴役，想将探险队拖垮，但他的计划被毕齐柯夫识破，依卜拉因被折磨致死。临终前，他眼见古城的文物被洗动一空。泰莱回国后，发现他这次掠夺中最重要的收获之一塔克拉玛干地图已被毕齐哥夫偷走。10年后，毕齐柯夫率一队俄国士兵在赛义德帮助下前来勘测塔里木河，已长大成人的巴吾东认出了残害爷爷的魔鬼，故意将他们引进急流。毕齐柯夫侥幸逃生，但等待他的却是十月革命的惊雷。30多年后，新疆刚获解放，解放军的勘测队在莽林中迷失了方向，巴吾东以为他们又是来践踏塔里木的魔鬼。以毕齐柯夫为首的一小股流窜土匪也隐藏在这一带丛林中。巴吾东为救垂危的女儿，向巫师求助，没想到请来了毕齐柯夫派来杀害他的强盗，幸而解放军及时赶到，救出了巴吾东父女。巴吾东终于明白了解放军正是祖辈盼望的救星，自觉担任了向导。敌人设下了陷阱。在一场敌我悬殊的搏斗中，巴吾东和世仇宿敌毕齐柯夫同归于尽

清末，欧洲探险家泰莱为了寻找一座传说中的沙漠古城，来到新疆喀会噶尔城。 在一个不见主人的地摊上，他发现了一件1000多年前的中国古物，断定摊主就是能将他带往古城的理想向导，于是就用厚礼买通当地的清廷官员帮他寻找这个人。不想沙皇俄国驻喀什的领事却把那摊主的主人赛义德带给了泰莱，并举荐了一位被称为“东方通”的青年俄国军官毕齐柯夫给泰莱当翻译和助手。摊主依卜拉因因迫于残酷的压榨，带着唯一的亲人——孙子巴吾东逃亡在戈壁滩上，此时，被官府抓了回来，被迫带领泰莱的探险队向塔克拉玛干大沙漠进发。依卜拉因不甘心受侵略者的奴役，想将探险队拖垮，但他的计划被毕齐柯夫识破，依卜拉因被折磨致死。临终前，他眼见古城的文物被洗动一空。泰莱回国后，发现他这次掠夺中最重要的收获之一塔克拉玛干地图已被毕齐哥夫偷走。10年后，毕齐柯夫率一队俄国士兵在赛义德帮助下前来勘测塔里木河，已长大成人的巴吾东认出了残害爷爷的魔鬼，故意将他们引进急流。毕齐柯夫侥幸逃生，但等待他的却是十月革命的惊雷。30多年后，新疆刚获解放，解放军的勘测队在莽林中迷失了方向，巴吾东以为他们又是来践踏塔里木的魔鬼。以毕齐柯夫为首的一小股流窜土匪也隐藏在这一带丛林中。巴吾东为救垂危的女儿，向巫师求助，没想到请来了毕齐柯夫派来杀害他的强盗，幸而解放军及时赶到，救出了巴吾东父女。巴吾东终于明白了解放军正是祖辈盼望的救星，自觉担任了向导。敌人设下了陷阱。在一场敌我悬殊的搏斗中，巴吾东和世仇宿敌毕齐柯夫同归于尽