'Top Chef' Season 5 News: 17 More Cheftestants, No Ted Allen
November 12th is the big day. Seventeen new cheftestants—from all over the world and with exotic-sounding names like Fabio and Hosea—will compete on New York turf. Padma, Tom, and Gail will all be back, but in Ted Allen's place comes British journalist and author Toby Young.
The show sounds like a party. Expect cameos from: Martha Stewart, the Foo Fighters, Jean-Georges, Eric Ripert, Rocco DiSpirito, Wylie Dufresne, Jean-Christophe Novelli, and Natasha Richardson. After the jump, check out the list of cheftestants.
17 New Cheftestants on 'Top Chef'
Alex, 33 - Hometown: New York, N.Y.; Resides in Los Angeles, Calif.
Ariane, 41 - Hometown/Resides in: Verona, N.J.
Carla, 44 - Hometown: Nashville, Tenn.; Resides in Washington, D.C.
Danny, 26 – Hometown/ resides in: New Hyde Park, N.Y.
Fabio, 30 - Hometown: Florence, Italy; Resides in Moorpark, Calif.
Gene, 33 – Hometown: Whitmore Village, Hawaii; Resides in Las Vegas, Nev.
Hosea, 34 - Hometown: Taos, N.M.; Resides in Boulder, Colo.
Jamie, 30 - Hometown: New York, N.Y.; Resides in San Francisco, Calif.
Jeff, 30 – Hometown: Niceville, Fla.; Resides in: Miami, Fla.
Jill, 28 - Hometown: Latrobe, Pa.; Resides in Baltimore, Md.
Lauren, 24 - Hometown: Cincinnati, Ohio; currently stationed at Fort Stewart
Leah, 27 - Hometown: Scarsdale, N.Y.; Resides in New York, N.Y.
Melissa, 28 – Hometown: Md.; Resides in Boulder, Colo.
Patrick, 21 - Hometown: Quincy, Mass.; Resides in Hyde Park, N.Y.
Radhika, 28 - Hometown/Resides in: Chicago, Ill.
Richard, 27 - Hometown: Long Island, N.Y.; Resides in San Diego, Calif.
Stefan, 35 – Hometown: Tampere, Finland; Resides in Santa Monica, Calif.
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11 Comments:
I can smell the excitement in the air.
Raphael at 4:35PM on 10/01/08
What is the over/under for faux hawks this season? Either way, looking forward to a new season.
feep at 4:52PM on 10/01/08
bah! i'm so pumped!
veggieout at 4:53PM on 10/01/08
Once again, no Philly representation. Why do you hate the City of Brotherly Love, Bravo?
Joy Manning at 5:03PM on 10/01/08
Why no Ted Allen? I like him in the judging mix.
FoodLoversLikeMe at 6:42PM on 10/01/08
My guess is that Ted Allen probably doesn't have the time to commit to the Top Chef because of his Food Detectives show. We'll see if he comes back in TC6 if the ratings drop in Food Detectives, hehe.
johnnytakes5 at 7:43PM on 10/01/08
I'll watch just to see the Foo Fighters cameo.
buffy at 10:10PM on 10/01/08
I like Ted Allen so much more on Top Chef than on Food Detectives.
wunami at 11:11PM on 10/01/08
Ted Allen is so monotone he need to have an inflection class. Thank God
Fabio? Hmmm sounds interesting.
JerzeeTomato at 1:50AM on 10/02/08
I'm thinking FN won't be loaning Ted out to a show that they probably consider competition. Sad, as I always enjoyed TA on TC, and TC beats ANY show on FN by miles, in my opinion.
Mnemosyne at 11:27AM on 10/02/08
Yes Raphael, the stench is permiating...
hungrychristel at 6:03PM on 10/02/08