• TV Guide, Friday, February 4, 2011 2:36 PM

Yum! Bravo announced it is picking up a second season of "Top Chef" spinoff "Just Desserts," though no premiere date is yet on the horizon.

As a faithful viewer, I found problems in the first season, analyzed in a TV Guide column: definite craziness along with chocolate in the air, with cheftestants whose "niche is one in which the detail-oriented, the controlling and the neurotic excel - not exactly one that meshes well with the twists and turns of a competitive realty show." And these, um, special personalities were also working without the safety net of recipes in a food arena where ingredients must be carefully measured for edible results.

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