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The interior of Craft, head judge Tom Colicchio's flagship restaurant. (Bill Bettencourt)
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Craft's beet salad. (Bill Bettencourt)
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Craft's Tom Colicchio. (Bill Bettencourt)
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Governors Island, an easy summer day trip from Manhattan and the location of season five's first challenge. (John Munson/Star Ledger/Corbis)
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Williamsburg, the Brooklyn neighborhood where the cast stayed. (Rudy Sulgan/Corbis)
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The exterior of Urban Rustic, a locally sourced organic café in Williamsburg. (Courtesy Urban Rustic)
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The interior of Urban Rustic. (Courtesy Urban Rustic)
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Rockefeller Center, where the Today show is filmed.
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Students at the French Culinary Institute. (Courtesy The French Culinary Institute)
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L'Ecole, the French Culinary Institute's contemporary French restaurant. (Courtesy The French Culinary Institute)
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The legendary Harlem Gospel Choir. (Courtesy Harlem Gospel Choir)
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Harold Dieterle, winner of the first Top Chef season, opened Perilla in Greenwich Village. (Jon Selvey)
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Astor Center, the swank culinary education and event space where Top Chef contestants cooked for each other in a brutal fifth season elimination challenge. (Courtesy Astor Center)
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