By Meranda Yslas

With summer around the corner, people will be bringing out their barbecues and getting ready for cookouts. Lucky for us, reality TV chef Richard Blais shared some helpful tips for starting up our grills in our exclusive celebrity interview. Read on for more!
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Viewers of Top Chef recognize Atlanta chef Richard Blais as the runner-up during the reality show’s fourth season and the winner of season eight, Top Chef: All-Stars. What may surprise fans, though, is his new found passion for healthy cooking. It even surprised the chef himself: “I would never have envisioned that I’d be standing here today talking to you about being a dedicated chef to health and wellness.” In our interview, he discusses the importance of fiber and makes raw oatmeal risotto using Benefiber.

Related Link: Wolfgang Puck of ‘Top Chef: Seattle’ Says Taste Is the Most Important Part of Cooking for Your Loved Ones

While the reality star handles most of the cooking duties at home, he knows a thing or two about sharing space in the kitchen. “My kids do cook. We’re getting them involved,” Blais shares of his daughters, ages five and almost three. “I think it’s really important to build a healthy relationship with food with your kids, whether that’s going to the farmer’s market, going to the grocery store, or getting them at the stove with you.”

He adds, “We just made one of these recipes at home – blue corn meal pancakes – with Benefiber.”

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By Whitney Baker

Fans of reality television will recognize world-renowned chef and restaurateur Wolfgang Puck. Not only was he responsible for the food served at the infamous wedding of Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries (filmed for ‘Keeping Up with the Kardashians’), but he has also appeared as a guest judge on previous seasons of ‘Top Chef: Las Vegas’ and ‘Top Chef: New York.’ And now, Puck is excited to join the tenth season of the cooking-competition series in Seattle as a permanent judge alongside Tom Colicchio, Gail Simmons Hugh Acheson and longtime friend Emeril Lagasse with Padma Lakshmi returning as host.

This season of ‘Top Chef: Seattle,’ which premieres on Wednesday, November 7th at 10 p.m. EST on Bravo, focuses on the contestants going back to the basics, something that Puck considers incredibly important when cooking. “I really believe that cooking to learn the foundation is the most important part,” he shares. …On the edge of your seat? Click here to continue.