Six for 2006: Reality Shows Planned for the New Year

Bravo's "Top Chef"

Photo: Katie Lee Joel, courtesy of Bravo

SHOW: Top Chef

NETWORK: Bravo

REMINDS US OF: "Hell's Kitchen"

PREMISE: Twelve aspiring chefs compete for the title of "Top Chef." According to Bravo, the series is "set in the pressurized environment of world-class cookery and the restaurant business."

MORE ABOUT THE SHOW: "Top Chef" will be hosted by Katie Lee Joel, the wife of music star Billy Joel.

NEXT: MTV's The Hills

• "Skating With Celebrities" and More Upcoming Shows
• NBC's "Treasure Hunters"
• ABC's "The Miracle Workers"
• Bravo's "Top Chef"
• MTV's "The Hills"
• Untitled Janice Dickinson Reality Series