Top Chefs – Where Are They Now?
With the finale of Season 11 of Top Chef quickly approaching, we at Menuism thought it was the perfect time to check in on all our favorite past cheftestants. This list isn't exhaustive (Season 11 isn't here at all, and we skipped a lot of catering companies), but it's probably the most extensive one out there. Sort by season or city and state. Feel free to report additions or corrections in the comments. And don't forget to tell us, who's your favorite Top Chef?
| Name | Season | Restaurant | City | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Eusebio | 5 | Sweetsalt Food Shop | Los Angeles | CA |
| Alex Reznik | 7 | Ditmas | Los Angeles | CA |
| Andrew D'Ambrosi | 4 | Bergen Hill | New York | NY |
| Angelo Sosa | 7 | Añejo Tequileria (NYC) and Poppy Den (Las Vegas) | New York | NY |
| Antonia Lofaso | 4 & 8 | Black Market Liquor Bar | Los Angeles | CA |
| Ariane Duarte | 5 | CulinAriane Restaurant | Montclair | NJ |
| Arnold Myint | 7 | AM@FM; PM; Suzy Wong's House of Yum and blvd nashville | Nashville | TN |
| Ash Fulk | 6 | Hill Country | New York | NY |
| Ashley Merriman | 6 | The Waverly Inn | New York | NY |
| Bart Vandaele | 10 | Belga Café and B Too | Washington | DC |
| Betty Fraser | 2 | Grub | Hollywood | CA |
| Beverly Kim | 9 | Aria | Chicago | IL |
| Brian Malarkey | 3 | Gingham; Searsucker San Diego; Searsucker Scottsdale; Searsucker Del Mar; Searsucker Austin; Burlap; Gabardine and Herringbone | San Diego | CA |
| Brooke Williamson | 10 | Hudson House (Redondo); The Tripel and Playa Provisions | Playa del Rey | CA |
| Bryan Voltaggio | 6 | Volt; Lunchbox; Family Meal and Range | Frederick | MD |
| Carla Hall | 5 & 8 | Alchemy by Carla Hall and Co-host of ABC's The Chew | Silver Spring | MD |
| Carla Pellegrino | 10 | Meatball Spot; Bacio and Bratalian | Las Vegas | NV |
| Chris "CJ" Jacobson | 3 | Girasol | Los Angeles | CA |
| Chris Crary | 9 | 41 Ocean Club | Santa Monica | CA |
| Chris Jones | 9 | Moto | Chicago | IL |
| Chrissy Camba | 10 | Bar Pastoral | Chicago | IL |
| Cliff Crooks | 2 | BLT Steak | New York | NY |
| Dakota Weiss | 9 | W Los Angeles | Los Angeles | CA |
| Dale Levitski | 3 & 8 | Sprout and Frog n Snail | Chicago | IL |
| Dale Talde | 4 | Talde; ThistleHill Tavern and Pork Slope | Brooklyn | NY |
| Danny Gagnon | 5 | Babylon Carriage House | Suffolk | NY |
| Danyele McPherson | 10 | The Grape | Dallas | TX |
| Ed Cotton | 7 | Fishtail by David Burke and David Burke Townhouse | New York | NY |
| Edward Lee | 9 | 610 Magnolia and MilkWood | Louisville | KY |
| Eli Kirshtein | 6 | The Luminary (opening Spring 2014) | Atlanta | GA |
| Elia Aboumrad | 2 & 8 | Gorge | West Hollywood | CA |
| Eliza Gavin | 10 | 221 South Oak | Telluride | CO |
| Emily Sprissler | 2 | Le Diplomate | Washington | DC |
| Eve Aronoff | 6 | Frita Batidos | Ann Arbor | MI |
| Fabio Viviani | 5 | Cafe Firenze; Firenze Osteria and Siena Tavern (Chicago) | Los Angeles | CA |
| Floyd Cardoz | 3 | North End Grill | New York | NY |
| Grayson Schmitz | 9 | Willow Road | New York | NY |
| Harold Dieterle | 1 – Winner | Perilla; Kin Shop; The Marrow | New York | NY |
| Heather Terhune | 9 | Sable Kitchen & Bar | Chicago | IL |
| Hosea Rosenberg | 5 – Winner | BlackbellyCatering | Denver | CO |
| Howie Kleinberg | 3 | Bulldog Barbecue | North Miami | FL |
| Hung Huynh | 3 – Winner | CatchNYC; Catch Miami; The General | New York | NY |
| Ilan Hall | 2 – Winner | The Gorbals | Los Angeles | CA |
| Jeff McInnis | 5 | Root & Bone (with Season 11 contestant Janine Booth | New York | NY |
| Jen Zavala | 6 | Cherry Bomb Bus | Philadelphia | PA |
| Jennifer Biesty | 4 | Shakewell Bar & Kitchen | Oakland | CA |
| Jesse Sandlin | 6 | Vino Rosina | Baltimore | MD |
| Joey Paulino | 3 | Uncle Jack's Steakhouse | New York | NY |
| John Somerville | 7 | The Lark | West Bloomfield | MI |
| John Tesar | 10 | Spoon Bar & Kitchen | Dallas | TX |
| Joshua Valentine | 10 | The George | Oklahoma City | OK |
| Josie Smith-Malave | 2 & 10 | Thee Parkside | San Francisco | CA |
| Keith Rhodes | 9 | Catch | Wilmington | NC |
| Kelly Liken | 7 | Kelly Liken | Vail | CO |
| Kevin Gillespie | 6 | Gunshow | Atlanta | GA |
| Kevin Sbraga | 7 – Winner | Sbraga | Philadelphia | PA |
| Kristen Kish | 10 – Winner | Menton | Boston | MA |
| Kuniko Yagi | 10 | Hinoki & The Bird and Comme Ca | Los Angeles | CA |
| Leah Cohen | 5 | Pig and Khao | New York | NY |
| Lisa Fernandes | 4 | Bill's Bar and Burger | New York | NY |
| Manuel Trevino | 4 | Marble Lane and Lavo | New York | NY |
| Mark Simmons | 4 | Kiwiana | Brooklyn | NY |
| Melissa Harrison | 5 | Seasonal Bozeman | Bozeman | MT |
| Mia Gaines-Alt | 2 | Hotel Molokai | Kaunakakai | HI |
| Micah Edelstein | 3 | neMesis Bistro | Miami | FL |
| Micah Fields | 10 | The Standard | Los Angeles | CA |
| Michael Midgley | 2 | Ernie's Food & Spirits | Manteca | CA |
| Michael Voltaggio | 6 – Winner | ink. | Los Angeles | CA |
| Miguel Morales | 1 | Mandarin Oriental | New York | NY |
| Mike Isabella | 6 & 8 | Graffiato; Kapnos; G Sandwich and G Grab and Go (Edison; NJ) | Washington | DC |
| Nimma Osman | 4 | Sun in My Belly | Atlanta | GA |
| Nyesha Arrington | 9 | Wilshire | Santa Monica | CA |
| Paul Qui | 9 – Winner | Qui; Uchiko | Austin | TX |
| Preeti Mistry | 6 | Juhu Beach Club | Oakland | CA |
| Richard Blais | 4 & 8 – Winner (Season 8) | The Spence; Flip Burger Boutique and HD1 | Atlanta | GA |
| Richard Sweeney | 5 | R-Gang Eatery | San Diego | CA |
| Richie Farina | 9 | Moto | Chicago | IL |
| Robin Leventhal | 6 | Local 360 | Seattle | WA |
| Ron Duprat | 6 | Johnny Brown's | Fort Myers | FL |
| Ryan Scott | 4 | Market & Rye | San Francisco | CA |
| Sam Talbot | 2 | Surf Lodge | Montauk | NY |
| Sandee Birdsong | 3 | Producer on Fox's MasterChef | ||
| Sara Mair | 3 | Ortanique | Kirkcaldy | Grand Cayman |
| Sarah Grueneberg | 9 | Spiaggia | Chicago | IL |
| Sheldon Simeon | 10 | Star Noodle (Lahaina); Mala Wailea and Migrant (Kihei) | Maui | HI |
| Spike Mendelsohn | 4 & 8 | Good Stuff Eatery; We The Pizza and Bearnaise | Washington | DC |
| Stefan Richter | 5 & 10 | Stefan's at L.A. Farm | Santa Monica | CA |
| Stephanie Izard | 4 – Winner | Girl & the Goat and Little Goat | Chicago | IL |
| Stephen Hopcraft | 7 | STK Las Vegas | Las Vegas | NV |
| Tamesha Warren | 7 | The Oval Room | Washington | DC |
| Tiffani Faison | 1 & 8 | Sweet Cheeks | Boston | MA |
| Tiffany Derry | 7 & 8 | Private Social | Dallas | TX |
| Timothy Dean | 7 | TBD Burger | Washington | DC |
| Tracey Bloom | 7 | Ray's on the Creek | Alpharetta | GA |
| Tre Wilcox | 3 | Village Marquee Grill | Dallas | TX |
| Ty-Lör Boring | 9 | Hill Country | New York | NY |
| Tyler Wiard | 10 | Elway's | Denver | CO |
| Valerie Bolon | 4 | Culinary Speakeasy Underground Dinner Club | Chicago | IL |
| Whitney Otawka | 9 | Cinco y Diez | Athens | GA |
| Zoi Antonitsas | 4 | Westward | Seattle | WA |