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    • Date: January 23, 2008
    Chicago represents on new season of 'Top Chef'

    Posted at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 23

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    Bravo introduced the contestants—make that chef-testants—who will compete on the Chicago-based next season of “Top Chef.”

    Three of them either currently live in or call the Windy City their hometown:

  • Valerie Bolon (left) was born here. She is a personal chef in the city.
  • Dale Talde (center) also was born in the city, but works as a chef at Buddakan in New York.
  • Stephanie Izard (right) is originally from Stamford, Conn., and now lives in Chicago. She used to be a chef/owner of Scylla in Bucktown.

    “Top Chef: Chicago,” the reality series’ fourth season, debuts at 9 p.m. March 12 with 16 chefs. Host Padma Lakshmi and judges Tom Colicchio, Gail Simmons and Ted Allen all are returning.

    The season was filmed in Chicago last summer and fall, according to Bravo and sightings at Green City Market and the Whole Foods Market on Halsted Street in Lakeview.

    “This season the chefs bring a diverse wealth of talent and skill to the table that we’ve not seen before,” Colicchio said in a press release from Bravo. “The title ‘Top Chef’ has proven to be an amazing opportunity for these chefs to make a name for themselves in the competitive culinary world.”

    Besides being call Top Chef, the winner will receive $100,000 in seed money to help open a restaurant, a feature in Food & Wine magazine, a showcase at the Annual Food & Wine Classic in Aspen and a gourmet dream vacation in the French Alps, the release stated.

    For more on “Top Chef: Chicago,” check out the Tribune’s The Stew blog here.

    To read the chef-testants’ Bravo bios, keep reading below. Continue reading "Chicago represents on new season of 'Top Chef'"
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