Top Chef or Iron Chef

This summer Bravo will begin its first Top Chef spin-off, called Top Chef Masters, in which actual top chefs like frequent Top Chef judges Wylie Dufresne and Hubert Keller compete against each other, not that they necessarily need the fame.

But today Bravo announced a strange twist: guest judges this season will include Neil Patrick Harris, Damon Lindelof & Carleton Cuse (writers of Lost), and Zooey Deschanel. All awesome people sure, but isn't it a bit insulting to have non-foodies critiquing some of the best chefs in the world?

It seems a lot like the random Japanese actress in every episode of Iron Chef, who has no idea what she's talking about. Or in the American version, Lou Diamond Phillips. But at least they seem to have good taste in celebrity, and maybe they can make things more interesting. Could NPH create Top Chef: The Musical? Will the Lost writers send Smokey after underseasoned ceviches? Only one way to find out.