i think chefs for the most part are pretty intense breed
you add the business of a good resteraunt, and the pressure of always serving top notch food without top notch help (as is often the case) and you gotta be serving up some form of intensity
with a competition like top chef, i think the intensity is definetly promoted for the sake of the show…
i love that show! i was glad hosea won in the end, although i thought stefan was gonna take the title