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Paul Qui

31-year-old Filipino, Paul Qui, achieved culinary stardom after winning the ninth season of Bravo’s Top Chef in 2011. Throughout the course of the show, Paul out-cooked fellow cheftestants, Chris Crary, Beverly Kim, and Sara Grueneberg. Paul has been passionate about cooking his entire life, first making his interest known by attending the Texas Culinary Academy in Austin.

Paul left the academy to train under renowned chef Tyson Cole at Uchi, where he worked his way from a simple stage to chef de cuisine in a rather short period. The two have formed a rather strong bond over the years, as Paul currently serves as executive chef at Cole’s other Austin eatery, Uchiko.

While at Uchiko, Paul partnered with fellow Uchi chef, Moto Utsunomiya, to open a line of food trucks called Eastside King. As executive chef, Paul designed a unique Asian menu for their Austin eatery on wheels, catering to late-night patrons and those looking for a hot lunch. After enlisting three food trucks, Paul and Moto decided to open their first brick and mortar Eastside King, offering hungry customers a fixed location to order their delectable Asian cuisine.

Never one to pass on a major opportunity, Paul became a cheftestant on the ninth season of Top Chef: Texas. Paul’s unique blend of French and Japanese cuisine dazzled judges, winning him the competition. In the culinary world, Paul is no stranger to this level of recognition. In 2012, James Beard gave Paul the award for the “Best Chef, Southwest,” and StarChefs.com gave him the Rising Star Award, too.

As a rather decorated chef, Paul tries to incorporate different flavors he’s experienced into his life. Despite his passion for French and Japanese cuisine, Paul also attempts to incorporate Southeast Asian influences into his delicacies, drawing on memories from his homeland, the Philippines. In the summer of 2014, Paul was invited aboard the Top Chef at Sea celebrity cruise, aboard the Celebrity Solstice, set to sail on the 15th of August.

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Nina Compton

Celebrity Chef Nina Compton, the self-proclaimed “gnocchi queen,” broke into the culinary world following her runner-up performance on the 11th season of Bravo’s kitchen reality show, Top Chef which aired in late 2013 into 2014. Nina dazzled familiar judges Tom Colicchio, Padma Lakshmi and their fellow judges with her mixture of French, Caribbean, and Italian cuisines, and her inevitable charm led her to become the season’s fan favorite.

Nina started her cooking career after graduating from the Culinary Institute of America in 2001. From there, Nina went on to work under renowned chefs Daniel Boulud and Alex Lee at their contemporary French restaurant in New York City, Daniel. The restaurant is one of only 7 restaurants in NYC that boast 3 stars from the revered Michelin Guide.

After moving to Miami, Nina gained even more experience serving under Floridian master chefs Norman van Aken and Phillippe Ruiz. Later, Nina accepted a sous chef position at Casa Casuarina, a boutique hotel in Miami Beach. In 2008, esteemed chef Scott Conant realized Nina’s potential and offered her an executive chef position at his classy Italian eatery, Scarpetta. Currently, Nina continues to serve at Scarpetta and always tries to enjoy her time spent in the kitchen, for the moment if nothing else. Nina always makes sure to keep Maldon salt, olive oil, and calabrese chilis on hand when she’s cooking.

In the summer of 2014, Nina was invited to participate in the celebrity chef cruise circuit, Top Chef at Sea. Nina will be aboard the Celebrity Solstice with fellow up-and-coming cheftestants Brooke Williamson, Tiffani Faison, and Paul Qui headed towards Alaska on the 15th of August. She hopes to one day be able to return to her home in Saint Lucia and provide other aspiring chefs more learning opportunities in the form of cooking demos and a full-blown culinary school. Given her enormous success on Top Chef the future does seem bright for this up and coming celebrity chef.

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Daniel Boulud

Daniel Boulud is a French chef who owns restaurants in New York City, Las Vegas, Palm Beach, Miami, Montreal, Toronto, London, and Singapore. In addition to running a plethora of restaurants, Boulud hosts “After Hours with Daniel” and has been featured on Top Chef Canada and Anna & Kristina’s Grocery Bag.

At the age of fifteen, Boulud became a finalist in France’s competition for Best Culinary Apprentice. After this remarkable achievement, he worked with a number of chefs in France, including Roger Verge, Georges Blanc, and Michel Guerard. Boulud later became the private chef to the European Commission in Washington, D.C. After this appointment, Boulud moved to New York City and opened the Polo Lounge and Le Regence. In 1986, he became Executive Chef at Le Cirque, where he worked until 1992. Led by his fabulous cooking skills, Le Cirque became one of the most highly rated restaurants in the country. In 1993, Boulud opened Daniel in New York City, which is his most famous restaurant. Eight years later, he opened db Bistro Moderne, and in 2003 he opened Café Boulud in Palm Beach, Florida. Since 2003, several restaurants have been opened, including Bar Boulud and DBGB Kitchen and Bar in New York City and restaurants in China, Singapore, Montreal, and Toronto.

In addition to his restaurant work, Boulud hosts “After Hours with Daniel” and has published numerous cookbooks. He has also received a number of awards for his cooking talents, including Chef of the Year by Bon Appetit and Best Chef in New York City by the James Beard Foundation in 1992 and 1994. He also received the James Beard Outstanding Restaurateur award in 2006. The restaurant Daniel has been a huge success, receiving a four-star rating from the New York Times, a Gourmet Top Table Award, a Wine Spectator’s Grand Award, and top ratings for cuisine, service, and décor in the Zagat Survey.  In addition, Daniel has been named one of the top ten restaurants in the world by the International Herald Tribune. Boulud is active in community service, notably running the Daniel Boulud Scholarship Endowment Fund, which provides continuing education in France for aspiring American cooks.  In 2007, Boulud received the Culinary Humanitarian Award at the United Nations from the Adopt-a-Mine Field Foundation.

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Kristen Kish

29-year-old Kristen Kish recently broke onto the celebrity chef scene after winning the tenth season of Top Chef: Seattle. Born in South Korea and adopted by an American family at just four months old, Kristen discovered her passion for cooking by age five.

As a former high-school model, Kristen traded in her flashy dresses for a chef’s apron, enrolling at Chicago’s Le Cordon Bleu culinary school to pursue her lifelong culinary dreams. After graduating in 2005, Kristen moved to Boston to work as a line cook at the Boston eatery, Top of the Hub, where she served for eighteen months.

Kristen’s big break came when renowned chef Barbara Lynch offered her an instructor position at Stir, Lynch’s culinary demonstration kitchen. During this time, Kristen undoubtedly impressed Barbara, who promoted her to chef de cuisine at both Stir and Menton, where she served until March of 2014.

Boston’s culinary culture provided other opportunities, too. Kristen spent some time working as chef de partie under Michelin-star chef Guy Martin at Sensing, his now-closed French restaurant. Kristen used this experience to develop her uniquely Italian-influenced French cuisine, which only added to her reputation, earning her a place on Top Chef: Seattle.

With style and expertise, Kristen thoroughly impressed Tom Colicchio and his fellow judges, but faced elimination in the eleventh round. In a stroke of luck, or perhaps strong-willed determination, Kristen narrowly escaped elimination, becoming the first cheftestant to win after facing Top Chef’s notorious “Last Chance Kitchen” and the second female winner. That season, Kristen bested Brooke Williamson, Sheldon Simeon, and Joshua Valentine to earn her title.

In the summer of 2014, Kristen was booked to take part in Top Chef at Sea aboard the Celebrity Infinity. Scheduled for departure in October, the cruise offers Kristen a chance to meet fans, entertain them, and maybe even whip them up something nice to eat.

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Jean Georges Vongerichten

French executive chef and restaurateur Jean Georges Vongerichten has not only become one of the industry’s most successful restaurateurs, but his overarching influence helped develop the style of nouvelle cuisine in America. Celebrity chef Jean currently owns and has a hand in operating restaurants in places such as Las Vegas, London, Paris and several hit restaurants in his current home town of New York City.

As a prominent trailblazer in the culinary world, Jean studied the culinary arts in France, Asia, Singapore and Hong Kong where he developed his style of adding a unique and exotic twist to everyday cuisine. In 1986 he became the executive chef at Lafayette in New York and would earn the restaurant 4-stars from the New York Times at just 29 years old. He opened his first venture JoJo in 1991 and the restaurant earned the title of Best New Restaurant of the Year. He opened his prize restaurant Jean-Georges in 1997 in the Trump International Hotel and Tower. Esquire magazine would later crown him Chef of the Year and the restaurant is 1 of only 7 in NYC to be awarded 3 stars by the Michelin Guide. His other restaurant ventures around the world include places like J&G Steakhouse and Thai-inspired French cuisine spot Vong.

Jean has published a total of 5 cookbooks and his first book title Simple Cuisine: The Easy, New Approach to Four-Star Cooking released in 1991. Fellow culinary industry giant Mario Batali claimed the cookbook was considered the go-to book for up and coming chefs looking to perfect their craft when he entered into the New York food scene in the early 1990’s. His second cookbook titled Jean-Georges: Cooking at Home with a Four-Star Chef won the 1999 James Beard Foundation Award for Best Cookbook. His most recent cookbook was released in 2011 and was titled Home Cooking with Jean-Georges. The world-renowned chef has also made appearances on many popular TV programs over his many years of work in the industry. The chef has appeared on major news programs such as Good Morning America and The Today Show as well as appearances on the Food Network and Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.

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