Dear Mr. Oseland,

Please pass on to the producers that they need to lose Ruth Reichel and bring back Gayle Greene.

Then I'll start watching Top Chef Masters again.

Please don't let anonymous diners decide any more contests. The Olympics don't have the audience vote on who wins the ice skating competitions--they know the best results come from trained judges. We viewers watch so we can learn from the trained and experienced judges' responses. . .it helps educate us. Letting the anonymous and random diners decide the results cheapens your entire show. . .is it some desperate attempt on your producers' part to woo the American Idol crowd? We viewers watch Top Chef to see top quality (which we didn't get from the way you let the first contest be decided).

I have seen you judge before and am really happy to see you back again. I like your style and thought your feedback to the chefs that didn't do well was really worded very nicely. I think the diners should of had a percentage versus the majority of the vote (this isn't American Idol!). I loved this show and can't wait to get to know the chefs better. As far as Curtis Stone I have become a recent fan of his from the Next Great Restaurant and was excited to learn he is the host of this show (sigh).

Interesting season premier. I'm not sure I like the new format but I'll give it a chance. The cheftestants - don't see many "personable" characters like past years. So far, ho hum. And, I'm really sorry to have to say this but I actually prefer Kelly over Curtis. But it was the premier - I'll give him a chance, too.

Loved your first blog. Your voice is so clear, your writing excellent, and your expertise, explanation, and insight strong but not overbearing. I look forward to more.

i agree that the diners should not have held all the cards for that vote. in past seasons on Top Chef, the diners held a percentage of votes. that would have been more fair. for instance, if there are 3 judges, each judge plus the collective vote of diners would each weigh 25% of the vote.

So glad to see you back judging this season. Viewers are not paying as much attention to your wardrobe as they are to the food so no worries. Although I like your red sneakers in your bio pic! The outcome was confusing to me given that it seemed clear that mosaic was the better team. Why leave it up to the random diners ever and where were they selected from? Yelp? Zagat? Still, it seems that the best decision was made. Excited about this season of top chef masters and looking forward to reading more blogs from both you and Ruth!