Bravo Sets Launch Date for "Top Chef"

Mark your calendars, culinary fans, and sharpen your knives.

Bravo has officially announced the debut date of Season Two of gastronomic showdown series Top Chef, which will premiere October 18th at 11 pm ET/PT, right after the season finale of fellow Televisionary reality TV fave, Project Runway. But if you're not a night owl, don't fret. The following week, Top Chef will move into its regularly scheduled timeslot at 10 pm on October 25th once Runway wraps its third season.

As previously announced, Food Network personality and cookbook author Padma Lakshmi has replaced outbound Katie Lee Joel as the Top Chef's host and Tom Colicchio will return as a judge.

While Televisionary was lucky enough to obtain some exclusive advance pics of Top Chef Season Two, the wait for next season is going to be a long one...