Life At Bonnier - James Oseland

Judging the Best of the Best

Saveur's James Oseland explains the (mostly) ups and (very few) downs of being a judge on popular cooking show Top Chef Masters.

When James Oseland received an e-mail from TV producer Doneen Arquines asking him if he'd be interested in being a judge on a new reality series under development by her production company, Magical Elves, Oseland didn't hesitate a second.

James Oseland: Q&A with the Saveur Editor-in-Chief

The head toque at Bonnier Corporation magazine Saveur talks about food anthropology, Top Chef Masters, and his current favorite New York City eats.

James Oseland's career at Saveur started with a crab cake.

But not just any crab cake.  It was a Maryland crab cake—a Maryland crab cake in Baltimore, to be precise, formed of local jumbo-lump crabmeat by the hands of a Charm City chef.  James's parents grew up in Baltimore.  A love of crab cakes was his birthright.