As a Restaurant, Hotel and Tourism major I am obviously interested in what the environment of that industry is and will be when I graduate. I have always found it interesting that although the kitchen is deemed the female's domain it is generally dominated by men in the public sphere. For my paper I would like to analyze the show Top Chef on Bravo because it is taken to be a representation of today's chefs. I have noticed however, in this and other cooking shows, that the majority of winners are men. There is also a wedding competition in one of the episodes that sparks emotion with some of the homosexual contestants that I think would be interesting to discuss.

I am critical of all reality shows because they claim to be a real life look at a specific topic but may not always be very responsible in doing so. While Top Chef definitely is not the worst offender of this I still think it is important to look at the way female chefs are represented versus male chefs as well as homosexual chefs versus heterosexual chefs.

Although I definitely still need to do some research, I am hoping to center my paper around the idea that Top Chef's heteronormative slant may portray a harmful representation of the industry to its viewers.

By doing this I hope to convince my readers to be more critical of all forms of media, especially "reality" shows but not just the trashy VH1 ones! These shows that are seemingly realistic still must be concerned with being entertaining over factual and completely truthful.