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" Tom Colicchio would like you to know he&amp;#039;s still a chef. Though he&amp;#039;s best known as the celebrity judge on Bravo&amp;#039;s Top Chef, he regularly drops by to cook at his Craft restaurant in New York \u2014 probably more so than ever now that his executive chef is said to be dropping out. Cooking, after all, is what Colicchio has been doing for most of his life, and it&amp;#039;s what he&amp;#039;d like to be remembered for. In an interview with Esquire writer at large Scott Raab in the new May 2011 issue, he opens up about his early days, working (and getting stoned) at a grill line at a New Jersey swim club, and his plans for the future, including another new baby (though he says he would&amp;#039;ve been fine with just the one), and why he doesn&amp;#039;t plan to stop working soon. (Also, bizarrely, how he saved a cookbook author from choking to death.) Because he may have an Emmy on his mantle, but he can still teach you how to make a damn good steak. (Hint: You&amp;#039;re not actually supposed to grill it.)  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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