Local Michael Schlow makes 'Top Chef Masters' cut

Michael Schlow, executive chef and co-owner of the award-winning Radius and Via Matta restaurants in Boston, is slotted to appear in an upcoming episode of "Top Chef Masters" competition reality show airing on Bravo at 10 p.m. Wednesday, June 10.

Winner of the James Beard Award for "Best Chef in the Northeast" in 2000, the Brooklyn native and former baseball player moved to Boston in 1995 to reopen Café Louis. After a three-year stint as executive chef, Schlow turned up the heat on his larger plan for Radius. Since opening the upscale restaurant located at 8 High Street in Boston's Financial District with his friend and business partner Christopher Myers, the duo successfully spearheaded several successful restaurants in Boston including Via Matta, Great Bay and Wellesley's Alta Strada.

According to Bravo, the first six episodes of "Top Chef Masters" will consist of four chefs competing against each other to name one winner. The six winners of each episode will then meet up for the final four weeks when one person will get eliminated each episode until the finale where one winner is crowned Top Chef Master.

Schlow is scheduled to appear in the premiere episode airing on Wednesday, June 10 alongside chefs Hubert Keller, Christopher Lee and Tim Love.

If Schlow wins, he'll receive $100,000 for his charity of choice, the Cam Neely Foundation.

Click here for the lowdown on BravoTV.com.

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Ronnie and Ben consummate 'bromance'

The on-and-off again “bromance” between openly gay contestant Ronnie Kroell and his roommate Ben, a prison guard from Nashville, Tenn. on Bravo’s “Make Me a Supermodel” hit a fever pitch last night when the two simulated some pre-coital (the guy-on-guy version) grope action for a Girbaud Jeans video shoot.

Ben, the so-called straight guy, suggested the pairing after a less-than-steamy make out with of the female model wannabes.

When Ronnie and Ben finally touched for the camera, it was magic.

The scene punctuates an already over-the-top season of gay-for-pay sexuality. In earlier episodes, there were a few uber-gay challenges--like frat bro Perry and blonde twink Casey getting a little animalistic in a man-on-man photo shoot and a recent sitting where the models strip down to their birthday suits in front of a room of painters.

Unfortunately, Ronnie and Ben are pitted against each other in this week’s bottom three.

"Make Me A Supermodel" scorches the small screen 10 p.m. next Thursday on BRAVO.