Bravo's "Top Chef" cooked up one of the biggest Emmys' upsets last night, beating out the heavily favored "The Amazing Race" in the reality-competition category.

This was no simple feat for the food-based reality TV show, "The Amazing Race" has dominated the category since it was put in place eight years ago.

This fall Food Network stars Bobby Flay and Rachel Ray will join the ranks of The Cooking Channel-- the sister network of the pioneering all food channel-- to host brand-new original shows.

As part of a full plate of series premieres on the new channel, Rachael Ray will host Rachael Ray's Week in a Day.  The show is her first solely food-focused show in nine years and is dedicated to helping busy families in the kitchen.  Chef Bobby Flay's new show is based on a single meal, brunch.  Titled, Brunch @ Bobby's, Network officials say the show celebrates the chef's favorite meal of the week.

This upcoming season of The Next Iron Chef on Food Network will feature a familiar face, Chef Ming Tsai, owner of Blue Ginger in Wellesley, Ma.

Viewers may recognize Chef Tsai from his Emmy nominated PBS cooking show, Simply Ming, now in its eighth season.

Ming and nine other contestants will face off against each other starting Sunday October 3rd.  Filmed in three locations-- Los Angeles, Las Vegas and New York City-- the chef contestants will have to complete a variety of challenges, including cooking on a desert island, catching their secret ingredients in the wild, dreaming up a five-Star luxury menu and turning ordinary fair food into an Iron Chef worthy meal.

Tulsa-area Chick-fil-A restaurants set a Guinness World Record Wednesday for creating the world's largest iced sweet tea.

Organizers created a nine-foot tall cup that held more than 1,140 gallons of freshly brewed sweet tea and ice.  The process required 72 pounds of tea leaves, 1,150 pounds of sugar, one ton of ice and 912 gallons of water.

In front of 6,000 cheering spectators, Domino’s Pizza named Pali Grewal the 2010 "World’s Fastest Pizza Maker."

Grewal, who is from the United Kingdom, made three large pizzas in just 39.1 seconds. Domino’s President and CEO, J. Patrick Doyle awarded Grewal with $3,000 in prize money and a trophy.

Lucasfilm Ltd. has just announced the latest giveaways for its annual Star Wars Celebration, a weekend-long convention dedicated to, "A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away."

Organizers will be handing out 16 mini parody boxes of cereal named after popular characters from the long running sci-fi fantasy films including Greed-O's, Hothted Flakes and Imperiel Troop Loops.

"We are thrilled to announce the exclusive giveaways," says Lucasfilm artist Gus Lopez. "In addition to listening to fascinating talks and panels by some of the leading experts on Star Wars collecting, attendees will receive collectible cereal boxes based on Star Wars character 'cereal brands' highlighting each of the sixteen panel topics."

Star Wars Celebration 2010 kicks off August 12 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando FL.

Award-winning chef, author, and "Top Chef Master" Rick Bayless is adding another hyphen to his ever expanding resume - radio personality.

Cult comic book writer Harvey Pekar was found dead in his Cleveland home early Monday, he was 70.

The underground comic book writer and jazz critic showed Anthony Bourdain around his beloved city in 2007.

Famous Spanish Chef Jose Andres was at Sunday's dramatic World Cup final in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Soon after Spain's winning goal in extra time, the Chef posted a picture of him at the game on his Twitter feed:

Los Angeles -- Chef Tyler Florence was a special guest last Friday at Dodger Stadium, the chef was invited to throw the first pitch at the Dodger's game against the Angels.

Chef Florence was the guest of honor for "Grapes from California Day" at the stadium.  The event is part of an initiative by the California Table Grape Commission to raise awareness about California grapes.  Similar events will be held at ballparks across North America including: Los Angeles Dodgers' Dodger Stadium, Baltimore Orioles' Camden Yards, San Francisco Giants' AT&T Park, St. Louis Cardinals' Busch Stadium and Toronto Blue Jays' Rogers Centre.

Twitter is buzzing:

IRVING, Texas, June 8 -- Nature's Pride will be breaking bread with 40 of America's top chefs in support of the 25th annual Chef's Tribute in Rockefeller Center benefiting the legendary New York charity, Citymeals-on-Wheels. The Chef's Tribute, which kicks off at 6:30pm on Monday, June 14, 2010, is a moveable feast prepared by a 'who's who' cast of culinary celebrities.

The simplest way to stay up to date on all the celebrity chef news is by following them on Twitter.  Dine & Cook has created an easy to follow, live list of some of the biggest chefs who are tweeting away little tidbits of their lives 140 characters at a time.

As much as the Dine & Cook editorial team hates the term, "foodie" isn't going anywhere.  There are thousands of them on the internet, with more signing on every day.  We've created this short list of "foodies" on Twitter keeping us abreast of their every bite and culinary "adventures."  And yes, we did add John Kunza and Ryan Sloane from Dine & Cook on this list against their will.

Anthony Bourdain, Andrew Zimmern, Paula Dean... they are some of the leading food personalities of our generation and they're all on Twitter.  Dine & Cook has created an easy to follow, live list of some of the biggest food personalities who are tweeting away little tidbits of their lives 140 characters at a time.