Emeril Lagasse Joins Bravo's Top Chef: Texas As Judge

8/10/2011 2:30 PM ET | Filed under: Food • Padma Lakshmi • Reality TV

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Bravo's Top Chef: Texas has recruited one of cooking's biggest stars!

Emeril Lagasse is joining the reality competition as a judge alongside Hugh Acheson, Padma Lakshmi, Tom Colicchio and Gail Simmons.

Fans of the show should be in for a treat as producers have promised "many surprising twists and turns and never-before-seen challenges and events."

Rumor has it that Pee-Wee Herman was seen around town in San Antonio, one of the three Texas cities the show is being shot in, with the judges.

No specific premiere date, but the latest season of the Bravo show will begin sometime this fall.

[Image via WENN.]

Tags: bravo, competition, gail simmons, hugh acheson, judge, san antonio, texas, tom colicchio

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