Bravo Announces Launch Date for "Top Chef: New York"

Top Chef fans, sharpen your knives: Bravo has finally announced a start date for the next iteration of its addictive Top Chef brand, Top Chef: New York.

The cabler will kick off the fifth season of Top Chef with a supersized premiere on Wednesday, November 12th at 10 pm ET/PT.

Returning to the Top Chef judging table: Padma Lakshmi, Tom Colicchio, and Gail Simmons.

Guest judges this season will include Martha Stewart, Foo Fighters, Jean-Georges, Eric Ripert, and Natasha Richardson. The new season will also introduce new judge Toby Young, food critic and author of "How to Lose Friends and Alienate People." (I believe he'll be replacing Ted Allen as rotating guest judge as there's no mention of Ted in the press release.)

Stay tuned.