Still, his goal was to be the best chef in the world. The show’s first season ends with an extraordinary outdoor coronation ...

He’s a dream in the kitchen — and elsewhere in the house. He makes a mean cream-puff tower. And he’s got moves like Jagger.

There's even a “Top Chef” style cooking contest in front of a panel ... or master pastry maker, or, well, sex god. We watch as he's pulled into political intrigue by his boss, the cunning ...