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Out of frying pan: Snyder off 'Top Chef'

The good news for Baltimore chef Jill Snyder was that she had much more screen time on Episode 2 of this season's Top Chef. The bad news was that she was eliminated. The judges found fault with not only her ostrich-egg quiche (looked like "dog food," tasted like "glue"), but her half-hearted defense at the judges' table, too. An earlier Quickfire Challenge involving hot dogs didn't go so well for her either, when she appeared to take an easy way out with the assignment by not "making" her own hot dog.

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Top Chef watch: Week 1

We're keeping tabs on Baltimore chef Jill Snyder as she competes on Season 5 of Bravo's " Top Chef." She spoke with us about surviving last week's episode; the second episode airs today at 10 p.m.

David Zurawik: Back to 'Chef' reality

After all the drama and importance of watching the presidential campaign play out on TV in recent months, I felt like it might be a long, long time before I could ever get hooked on a reality TV series again.

At Red Maple, bite-size food has an Asian influence

Baltimore's foodie community is abuzz about the fact that Jill Snyder, Red Maple's executive chef, is a contestant on the fifth season of Bravo's 'Top Chef'

Sizzling on 'Top Chef'

A few months back, Jill Snyder, executive chef at the Red Maple tapas lounge in Mount Vernon, wasn't a big fan of Bravo's Top Chef.

Baltimore chef Jill Snyder to compete on 'Top Chef'

Baltimore's Jill Snyder, executive chef at the Red Maple tapas lounge in Mount Vernon, will be one of the 17 chefs fighting for top honors on the new season of Bravo's Top Chef series.