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Top Chef 9
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"Top Chef," heads to the state that does everything bigger - Texas. Possibly the worst kept locale secret in this moment's culinary universe, the new season of "Top Chef" will heartily embrace the Lone Star State's adage that all things are bigger as, in a series first, the production will head to three cities within the season - Austin, Dallas and San Antonio. Season nine will also showcase many surprising twists and turns and never-before-seen challenges and events. Returning to the judges table is host Padma Lakshmi and head judge, chef Tom Colicchio, alongside judges Gail Simmons and new this season, famed chef and restaurateur Emeril Lagasse and critically acclaimed chef Hugh Acheson.
Emeril Lagasse is a fun guy with a great sense of humor. I know little about Hugh Acheson but will see what I can find out.
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HUGH ACHESON
I know him best for his participation on Top Chef Masters 3, where he was eliminated in the first episode, immediately reinstated and lasted until the end of the 8th episode.
Chef/ Partner: Five& Ten, The National, Gosford Wine – in Athens, GA and Empire State South – in Atlanta, GA
Competing for Wholesome Wave Foundation
Hugh Acheson is the chef/partner of Five & Ten, The National, Gosford Wine, and Empire State South. Born and raised in Ottawa, Canada Acheson started cooking at a young age and decided to make it his career. At age 15, he began working in restaurants after school and learning as much as possible. Today, Acheson's experience includes working under Chef Rob MacDonald where he learned stylized French cuisine, wine and etiquette at the renowned Henri Burger restaurant in Ottawa as well as in San Francisco as the chef de cuisine with Chef Mike Fennelly at Mecca, and later as opening sous-chef with famed Chef Gary Danko at his namesake restaurant. Taking these experiences, Acheson developed a style of his own forging together the beauty of the South with the flavors of Europe and opening the critically acclaimed Athens, GA restaurant Five & Ten in March of 2000. Since 2000, Acheson has gone on to open Gosford Wine in 2004 with sommelier Ben Giacchino, The National in 2007 with fellow chef Peter Dale and his Atlanta based restaurant Empire State South in 2010. Acheson's fresh approach to Southern food has earned him a great deal of recognition including Food & Wine’s Best New Chef (2002), the AJC Restaurant of the Year (2007), a four time James Beard nominee for Best Chef Southeast (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010) and a 2007 Rising Star from StarChefs.com. Chef Mario Batali chose Acheson as one of the 100 contemporary chefs in Phaidon Press' Coco: 10 World-Leading Masters Choose 100 Contemporary Chefs. In addition to running three restaurants and a wine shop, Acheson is writing a cookbook titled A New Turn in the South: The Cuisine of Hugh Acheson. This book is to be published by Clarkson Potter in the fall of 2011.
TexasLady:
Whoa! I need to keep on top of this, Austin is my home town. :wohoo:
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Following are the 29 "Top Chef: Texas" hopefuls, about double the previous number of beginning competitors in any prior Top Chef season (but then again this is in Texas where it's a large landscape):
· Nyesha Arrington, 28 - Los Angeles, Calif., Wilshire Restaurant.
· Lindsay Autry, 29 - West Palm Beach, Fla., Omphoy Ocean Resort &Michelle Bernstein
· Jonathan Baltazar, 36 - Long Beach, Calif., Heights Cuisine.
· Ty-Lor Boring, 34 - Brooklyn, N.Y., Spasso
· Molly Brandt, 30 - Hollywood, Fla., Allure of the Seas for Royal Caribbean
· Chaz Brown, 29 - New York, N.Y., Fatty Crab
· Kimberly Calichio, 27 - New York, N.Y., Fishtail by David Burke
· Beverly Kim, 31 - Chicago, Ill., Aria Restaurant
· Chris Crary, 29 - Los Angeles, Calif., Whist Restaurant in the Viceroy Hotel
· Andrew Curren, 32 - Austin, Texas , 24 Diner
· Berenice deAraujo, 33 - Miami, Fla., Sra. Martinez
· Janine Falvo, 37 - Atlanta, Ga., Briza Restaurant
· Richie Farina, 28 - Chicago, Ill., MOTO
· Sarah Grueneberg, 29 - Chicago, Ill., Spiaggia
· Chris Jones, 30 - Chicago, Ill., MOTO
· Edward Lee, 38 - Louisville, Ky., 610 Magnolia
· Whitney Otawka, 30 - Cumberland Island, Ga., Greyfield Inn
· Simon Pantet, 30 - Seattle, Wash., Twenty-Two Doors
· Colin Patterson, 37 - Seattle, Wash., Sutra
· Laurent Quenioux, 51 - Los Angeles, Calif., Vertical Wine Bistro
· Paul Qui, 30 - Austin, Texas, Uchiko Restaurant
· Keith Rhodes, 39 - Wilmington, N.C., Catch Restaurants
· Grayson Schmitz, 27 - New York, N.Y., Exec. Chef
· Tyler Stone, 22 - Sacramento, Calif., Personal Chef
· Heather Terhune, 39 - Chicago, Ill., Sable Kitchen and Bar
· Chuy Valencia, 25 - Chicago, Ill., Chilam Bilam
· Nina Vicente, 29 - Seattle, Wash., Spur Gastropub
· Ashley Villaluz, 25 - Seattle, Wash., Sous Chef
· Dakota Weiss , 35 - Los Angeles, Calif., 9:30 Restaurant and The Backyard
New this season, eliminated chefs will have a second chance at the "Top Chef" title through a "Top Chef: Last Chance Kitchen" webisode series, hosted by "Top Chef" lead judge and culinary mastermind, Tom Colicchio. Each week, two eliminated chefs face-off to compete for the ultimate prize, a chance to return to the show and compete to qualify for the on-air finale. Fans can follow the "Top Chef: Last Chance Kitchen" challenges and vote in each week's Tweet Battle on BravoTV.com
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The start of Top Chef 9 (Texas) is dovetailed with the finish of Top Chef-Just Desserts. Top Chef 9 will start on Wed. Nov. 2 at 10pm on BRAVO.
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