‘Top Chef’ takes NYC

The latest contestants of the “Top Chef” franchise will have some surprises in store for them, including Martha Stewart, the Foo Fighters and a new judge.

Bravo announced Wednesday the lucky 17 new chef-testants to vie for the the title of “Top Chef: New York,” the fifth season of the cable network’s tastiest reality competition show.

As usual, the competitors will test their culinary mastery against each other, in hopes of winning $100,000 in seed money, a feature in Food & Wine magazine, a showcase at the Annual Food & Wine Classic in Aspen and the title of Top Chef.

Toby Young, a British journalist, food critic and author of “How to Lose Friends and Alienate People” – a memoir that has been adapted into a movie that will open on Friday – joins the show as a judge.

Other celebs this season include actress Natasha Richardson, Jean-Georges, Eric Ripert, Rocco DiSpirito, Wylie Dufresne and Jean-Christophe Novelli. The show will premiere Nov. 12 at 10 p.m. on Bravo.