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Top Chef Masters (season 1)
The first season of the American reality competition show '' Top Chef Masters'' was broadcast on Bravo. It is a spin-off of Bravo's hit show '' Top Chef''. In the first season, 24 world-renowned chefs competed against each other in weekly challenges. The program took place in Los Angeles. In the season finale that premiered on August 19, 2009, Rick Bayless was crowned ''Top Chef Master''. Critics * Kelly Choi (Host) * Gael Greene (Critic) * James Oseland (Critic) * Jay Rayner (Critic) (alternates with Gail Simmons) * Gail Simmons (Critic) (alternates with Jay Rayner) Master Contestants There are 24 chefs competing in Top Chef Masters. In elimination order the contestants are: Preliminary rounds Episode 1 *Michael Schlow — Radius Restaurant ( Boston, MA) *Tim Love — The Lonesome Dove Western Bistro (Fort Worth, TX) *Christopher Lee — Aureole (New York, NY) * Hubert Keller — Fleur de Lys ( San Francisco, CA) Episode 2 *Elizabeth Falkner — citizen cake and Or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bravo (U
Bravo(s) or The Bravo(s) may refer to: Arts and entertainment Music Groups and labels * Bravo (band), a Russian rock band * Bravo (Spanish group), represented Spain at Eurovision 1984 *Bravo Music, an American concert band music publishing company Albums * ''Bravo'' (5566 album) or the title song, 2008 * ''Bravo'' (Dr. Sin album), 2007 * ''Bravo!'' (EP), by Up10tion, or the title song, 2015 *''Bravo!'', by Friska Viljor, 2006 *''Bravo!'', by Tube, 1997 Literature *'' The Bravo'', an 1831 novel by James Fenimore Cooper * ''Bravo'' (magazine), a European German-language teen magazine * ''Bravo'' (Romanian magazine), a teen magazine Television *Bravo (American TV network), a cable television network * Bravo (British TV channel), a digital television channel 1985–2011 * Bravo (Canada), now CTV Drama Channel, a specialty arts television channel * Bravo (New Zealand), a free-to-air channel * ''Bravo!'' (TV series), a 1975–1976 Brazilian telenovela * ''Bravo TV'' (TV series), a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Lee (chef)
Christopher Lee is a chef who specializes in New American cuisine. Career Lee received his culinary education from the California Culinary Academy and later went on to work at many restaurants in New York City and San Francisco, such as Restaurant Daniel, under Chef Daniel Boulud, Jean Georges, and The Fifth Floor. Chef Lee's career took off when he accepted the sous chef position at seafood restaurant Oceana in New York, under chef Cornelius Gallagher. The restaurant received glowing reviews from ''The New York Times'' and ''The New York Post''. Afterward, Chef Lee was recruited by Gotham Bar and Grill's Alfred Portale for the chef de cuisine position at Stephen Starr's remake of the Striped Bass, in Philadelphia. Lee quickly rose to the executive chef position. In August 2006, Chef Lee moved back to New York City to accept the executive chef position at Gilt, which earned him international acclaim. The restaurant received four stars from Crain's New York Business, and under ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilo Benet
Wilo SE is a European manufacturer of pumps and pump systems for the building technology, water and industrial sectors with headquarters in Dortmund, Germany. Founded in 1872 as copper and brass factory by Louis Opländer, the company has over 60 subsidiaries in more than 50 countries and employs about 8,200 people worldwide (2021 annual average). Wilo SE is the managerial holding of the WILO group, a result of a merger between Wilo-Salmson AG and Wilo GmbH in 2002. For the year 2021, the company registered a revenue of EUR 1,651.9 million with an EBIT of EUR 181.1 million. EUR 71 million was spent by the group for research and development in 2021. The group manufactures pumps and pump systems at 15 production facilities across Europe, Asia and America. The group produce about 10 million pumps annually. History Caspar Ludwig ("Louis") Opländer founded the company in 1872 as a copper and brassware factory in Dortmund. The Caspar Ludwig Opländer Foundation, founded by the Opl� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ludovic Lefebvre
Ludovic Lefebvre (; born 18 April 1971) is a Michelin-star French chef, restaurateur, author, and television personality. He trained in France for 12 years before moving to Los Angeles. He was awarded the prestigious Forbes Travel Guide Five Star Award at two different restaurants, ''L'Orangerie'' in 1999 and 2000 and ''Bastide'' in 2006. He then went on to create LudoBites, a multi-city restaurant tour, followed by opening two restaurants in Los Angeles, Trois Mec and Petit Trois.''Celebrity Living'' (May 2005) LA Weekly named Trois Mec Best New Restaurant Los Angeles in 2013, Los Angeles' Best Restaurant in 2014 and 2016, and named Ludo Best Chef 2015. Early life and training Lefebvre was born in Auxerre, Burgundy and grew up in a small village called Charbuy. In his early teens he expressed his desire to be a chef. His father took him to a local restaurant named ''Maxime'' and asked them to give Lefebvre some menial job in order to discourage him, but contrary to his father' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Napa Valley, CA
Napa Valley is an American Viticultural Area (AVA) located in Napa County in California's Wine Country. It was established by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) on January 27, 1981. Napa Valley is considered one of the premier wine regions in the world. Records of commercial wine production in the region date back to the nineteenth century, but premium wine production dates back only to the 1960s. The combination of Mediterranean climate, geography and geology of the region are conducive to growing quality wine grapes. John Patchett established the Napa Valley's first commercial vineyard in 1858. In 1861 Charles Krug established another of Napa Valley's first commercial wineries in St. Helena. Viticulture in Napa suffered several setbacks in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, including an outbreak of the vine disease phylloxera, the institution of Prohibition, and the Great Depression. The wine industry in Napa Valley recovered, and helped by the results ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cindy Pawlcyn
Cynthia Pawlcyn (born Minneapolis, Minnesota) is an American chef and cookbook author known for the restaurants she opened in the San Francisco Bay Area and the Napa Valley between 1983 and 2008. Pawlcyn was an early advocate for using local, sustainable meats, and produce in her restaurants. In 2009, Pawlcyn appeared in the first season of Bravo’s "Top Chef: Masters." Personal life Pawlcyn is the daughter of Stephen Pawlcyn, an immigrant from Russia, and his wife Dorothy, of German and Norwegian ancestry. Her father founded a potato chip company and had a deep interest in food. She was born in Minneapolis and lived in Golden Valley, Minnesota in her childhood. Pawlcyn began working in a Minneapolis cooking school at the age of 13, and while in high school, she ran her own catering business. She earned a hotel and restaurant management degree from the University of Wisconsin-Stout. She took courses at Le Cordon Bleu and received formal training at La Varenne in Paris b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world's most populous megacities. Los Angeles is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Southern California. With a population of roughly 3.9 million residents within the city limits , Los Angeles is known for its Mediterranean climate, ethnic and cultural diversity, being the home of the Hollywood film industry, and its sprawling metropolitan area. The city of Los Angeles lies in a basin in Southern California adjacent to the Pacific Ocean in the west and extending through the Santa Monica Mountains and north into the San Fernando Valley, with the city bordering the San Gabriel Valley to it's east. It covers about , and is the county seat of Los Angeles County, which is the most populous county in the United States with an esti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suzanne Tracht
Suzanne Tracht (born 1963) is an American chef. In 2002, ''Food & Wine'' named her to their Best New Chefs. She has appeared as a guest on many shows, such as Hell's Kitchen, Top Chef Masters, Today, Entertainment Tonight, and many more. She has won many awards and honors for her cooking, specifically her signature braising Early life Tracht was born and raised in 1963, in Phoenix, Arizona. At 19, she began a three-year apprenticeship at the Arizona Biltmore Hotel under chef Siegbert Wendler, which is where she began cooking professionally. Career After her apprenticeship under Wendler ended, Tracht worked at the Westin Century Plaza and then the Hotel Bel-Air, where she worked with George Morrone. In 1991, She moved to Beverly Hills, California to become the sous chef of Noa Noa, a Cal-Asian fusion restaurant. In 1992, Tracht worked at a restaurant in Southern California named Campanile where she became chef de cuisine, working with Nancy Silverton and Mark Peel. Tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chicago, IL
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Graham Elliot
Graham Elliot Bowles (born January 4, 1977)Vettel, Phi '' Chicago Tribune'' blog, July 29, 2010 is an American chef, restaurateur, and reality television personality. He first gained recognition in the restaurant business as a three-time nominee for the James Beard Award. In 2004, he was named to ''Food & Wine'' "Best New Chefs" list, and became the youngest chef in the United States to receive four stars from a major publication ('' Chicago Tribune'', '' Chicago Sun-Times''). Among television viewers, he gained fame as a contestant on the programs '' Iron Chef'' and '' Top Chef Masters'', and as a judge on the first six seasons of the American '' MasterChef'' and its spinoff, ''MasterChef Junior''. Early life Graham Elliot Bowles was born in Seattle, Washington.Front Burner: Graham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wylie Dufresne
Wylie Dufresne (born 1970) is the chef and owner of Du's Donuts and the former chef and owner of the wd~50 and Alder restaurants in Manhattan. Dufresne is a leading American proponent of molecular gastronomy, the movement to incorporate science and new techniques in the preparation and presentation of food. Early life Born in 1970 in Providence, Rhode Island, Dufresne is a graduate of Friends Seminary and The French Culinary Institute (now known as The International Culinary Center) in New York. In 1992, he completed a B.A. in philosophy at Colby College in Waterville, Maine. Career From 1994 through 1999, he worked for Jean-Georges Vongerichten, where he was eventually named sous chef at Vongerichten's eponymous Jean Georges. In 1998 he was chef de cuisine at Vongerichten's Prime in The Bellagio, Las Vegas. In 1999, he left to become the first chef at 71 Clinton Fresh Food. In April 2003, he opened his 70-seat restaurant, wd~50 (named for the chef's initials and the street ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Falkner
Elizabeth Falkner (born February 12, 1966) is an American chef, pastry chef, author, restaurateur, and consulting chef. She has appeared as a competitor and sometimes a judge on reality television cooking competitions, and she is a Top Chef television series alum. She is currently residing and working in Los Angeles, California, Early life and education Elizabeth Falker was born on February 12, 1966, in San Francisco, California, and raised in Southern California. Her father was an art professor. Falkner graduated from the San Francisco Art Institute in 1989 with a BFA degree. Career Her first restaurant job was as a dishwasher at French bistro Cafe Claude in San Francisco. She moved into French fine dining at Masa's with Chef Julian Serrano. In 1993, Falkner became the pastry chef at Elka in the Miyako Hotel, and in 1994 Falkner was the pastry chef under chef Traci Des Jardins at Drew Nieporent's restaurant Rubicon. Citizen Cake and Orson In 1997, Falkner opened Citi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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