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Top Chef New York Season 5
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Top Chef New York Season 5
Contestant Bios:
Jill
age 28
hometown Latrobe, PA
resides in Baltimore
Elimination Challenge Wins: 0/0
Quickfire Wins: 0/0
status: Still Cooking
Position: Executive Chef, Red Maple
Culinary Education: Baltimore International College
Favorite Simple Recipes: For spring: Grilled shrimp with pea tendrils and roasted baby beets
Bio:
Born in Latrobe, Pa., Jill's culinary interests were sparked at an early age when she began helping on her uncle's farm, picking berries and baking cookies to sell at the local farmer's market. She didn't plan on becoming a chef, but counts her decision to attend culinary school as one of her best moves. After moving to Baltimore, Jill studied under the celebrated chef and restaurateur Spike Gjerde. She loves to create imaginative sushi rolls and unique desserts and the five ingredients she always keeps on hand are semi-sweet chocolate, sushi rice, micro-herbs, Banyuls vinegar and champagne. Her goal is to one day own a small resort that serves amazing food and features rides in her hot air balloon.
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Top Chef New York Season 5
Contestant Bios:
Lauren
age 24
hometown Cincinnati
resides in Stationed at Fort Stewart, in Georgia
Elimination Challenge Wins: 0/0
Quickfire Wins: 0/0
status: Still Cooking
Position: Chef Tournant, Jag’s Steak and Seafood
Culinary Education: B.P.S. Culinary Arts Management, C.I.A.
Favorite Simple Recipes: Spring pea mousse in phyllo cups with creme fraiche and caviar
Bio:
Lauren works as the Tournant at Jag's Steak and Seafood, the most luxurious and contemporary steakhouse in Cincinnati, Ohio. Sparked by an Easy Bake Oven as a little girl, Lauren's passion for pastry and the culinary arts bloomed throughout her childhood and into her current career. While attending the prestigious CIA in Hyde Park, New York, Lauren met her husband, a USMA cadet. Together they have traveled the country, influencing Lauren's eclectic and free-form culinary style. If she were a food, she says she would be a sweet and sassy box of chocolates because "you never know what you're going to get, but its always going to be good!"
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Top Chef New York Season 5
Contestant Bios:
Leah
age 27
hometown Scarsdale, NY
resides in New York City
Elimination Challenge Wins: 0/0
Quickfire Wins: 0/0
status: Still Cooking
Position: Sous Chef, Centro Vinoteca
Culinary Education: A.O.S./ B.A., C.I.A.
Favorite Simple Recipes: For summer: Ricotta-stuffed zucchini blossoms and panzanella salad
Bio:
Leah currently works as a Sous Chef at Centro Vinoteca in New York City. Apart from the year and a half that she worked at a Michelin-starred restaurant in Italy, she has spent her entire life in New York and comes from a Filipino, Russian-Romanian Jewish background. Her favorite chef is Marco Pierre White and she counts salt, olive oil, butter, garlic and any pork product as her must-have ingredients. She loves Italian, Filipino and Thai cuisine, but homemade pasta is what she enjoys making the most.
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Top Chef New York Season 5
Contestant Bios:
Melissa
age 28
hometown Maryland
resides in Boulder, CO
Elimination Challenge Wins: 0/0
Quickfire Wins: 0/0
status: Still Cooking
Position: Sous Chef, Centro Latin Kitchen and Refreshment Palace
Culinary Education: Baltimore International College
Favorite Simple Recipes: For spring: Spicy snap pea salad
Bio:
Born in Maryland and raised on a horse farm, Melissa spent her youth surrounded by farm fresh produce and livestock. Her upbringing influenced her love of food and cooking from an early age. After receiving her culinary degree from Baltimore International College, Melissa relocated to Boulder, Colorado where she currently serves as a Sous Chef at Centro Latin Kitchen and Refreshment Palace. Dedicated to creating soulful Latin America cuisine, her favorite part of cooking is making people happy. Melissa's goals and plans for the future include endless travel, culinary endeavors and continually expanding her food knowledge.
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Top Chef New York Season 5
Contestant Bios:
Patrick
age 21
hometown Quincy, MA
resides in Hyde Park, NY
Elimination Challenge Wins: 0/0
Quickfire Wins: 0/0
status: Still Cooking
Position: Culinary student
Culinary Education: A.O.S. Culinary Arts, C.I.A. working on BPS Culinary Arts Management
Favorite Simple Recipes: For summer: Berries with balsamic, honey, mint, basil and tart yogurt. For spring: Fresh pasta with fresh morels sautéed in butter and white wine.
Bio:
Patrick is currently a student at the Culinary Institute of America. With an inherent love for cooking, he was inspired as a child by his mother and grandmother and today by food writer Michael Pollan. Patrick has always had a love for the arts, both performing and visual and tries to incorporate them into every dish he creates. With ingredients as his medium of art, he is inspired by quality and freshness and enjoys making fresh vegetable dishes like succotash, pisto and ratatouille. He has a passion for sustainable agriculture and hopes to educate and promote support for local farmers and growers.
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