TV Dinners: October 1-7

What’s worth watching on food-related TV this week?

Tonight on No Reservations (10pm on the Travel Channel), Bourdain goes to Shanghai (repeat episode).

This week on Gordon Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares (Wednesday at 9pm on Fox, Ramsay makes over the Mixing Bowl Eatery in Bellmore, NY.

On Top Chef, part 2 of the two-part season finale airs Wednesday at 10pm (Bravo). Rocco’s back as a guest judge, along with Todd English and Michelle Bernstein. The Village Voice’s Eat for Victory
found Eric Ripert “scary” in last week’s episode; read the Serious Eats recap of it here.

Martha Stewart is on this week Monday-Thursday at 1pm (NBC). On Monday, she’s got Chef David Pasternack of Esca; on Tuesday, Chef Emily Luchette of Farrallon in San Francisco.

And next Sunday, The Next Iron Chef premieres at 9pm on the Food Network. Read an interview about the show with Alton Brown--who says there are "almost fisticuffs" between judges Michael Ruhlman and Andrew Knowlton--on Serious Eats.