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The franchise has catapulted nine “Top Chef” winners’ careers, and this season the competition goes back to the basics, with culinary challenges that require a mastery of the primary skills of a chef. The “Top Chef: Seattle” chef’testants will be pared down week by week as they compete to out-flavor, out-cook and out-do their competition. The winning chef will receive $125,000 furnished by Healthy Choice, a feature in Food & Wine magazine, a showcase at the Annual Food & Wine Classic in Aspen and will earn the title of “Top Chef.” The Emmy Award-winning Magical Elves return to produce “Top Chef: Seattle.” Dan Cutforth and Jane Lipsitz serve as executive producers.
Following are the 21 “Top Chef: Seattle” hopefuls:
- Lizzie Binder, 37 – Napa, California
- Tina Bourbeau, 42 – New York, New York
- Chrissy Camba, 30 – Chicago, Illinois
- Stephanie Cmar, 27 – Boston, Massachusetts
- Micah Fields, 28 – Los Angeles, California
- Eliza Gavin, 38 – Telluride, Colorado
- Anthony Gray, 35 – Macon, Georgia
- Jeffrey Jew, 34 – Washington, DC
- Gina Keatley, 32 – New York, New York
- Kristen Kish, 28 – Boston, Massachusetts
- Danyele McPherson, 31 – Dallas, Texas
- Daniel O’Brien, 32 – Washington, DC
- Carla Pellegrino, 43 – Las Vegas, Nevada
- Jorel Pierce, 28 – Denver, Colorado
- Sheldon Simeon, 30 – Lahaina, Hawaii
- John Tesar, 54 – Dallas, Texas
- Joshua Valentine, 32 – Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
- Bart Vandaele, 41 – Washington, DC
- Tyler Wiard, 41 – Denver, Colorado
- Brooke Williamson, 33 – Los Angeles, California
- Kuniko Yagi, 35 – Los Angeles, California
Emmy-nominated “Top Chef: Last Chance Kitchen,” the groundbreaking digital video series hosted by Tom Colicchio, returns for its second season. Each week, two eliminated chef’testants face-off to compete for the ultimate prize – a spot in the “Top Chef: Seattle” finale. Fans can follow the “Top Chef: Last Chance Kitchen” challenges and vote in each week’s Tweet Battle on http://www.BravoTV.com, as well as join in the social conversation and see what the chef’testants have to say during the competition by following @bravotopchef on Twitter or liking the Top Chef Facebook fan page. The series can be seen on desktop, mobile and tablet at http://www.BravoTV.com, m.BravoTV.com, on BravoNow iPhone, iPad and Android apps, as well as iTunes, Amazon, VOD, Xbox, Hulu, Playstation, Connected TVs and wireless carriers.
