Tom Colicchio was born in 1962 in New Jersey. He is a noted American Chef, co-owner, founder and executive chef of Gramercy Tavern in NYC. He married Lori Silverbush, and left the Tavern as a chef in 2006. He received five James Beard Foundation medals for his ability at cooking. He is head... Read More

Ted Allen was born in Columbus, Ohio and raised in Carmel, Indiana, a suburb of Indianapolis, in a conservative middle class family, the eldest of two (he has a younger sister). His love of cooking emerged at a young age, inspired by the food his southern mother would make, but (a high school job... Read More

Katie Lee Joel was born in 1981 in Huntington, West Virginia. She is known as the third wife of Billy Joel, before this, she got a degree in English and Journalism, which she developed in Miami University. She is writing her first cookbook, she appears in Extra magazine as a correspondent, she... Read More

Andrew is from Fort Lauderdale, Fla. and resides in N.Y.

Antonia's hometown is Los Angeles, Calif.

Dale's hometown is Chicago, Ill. and he resides in N.Y.

Erik's hometown is Chappaqua, N.Y. and he resides in San Francisco, Calif.

Evangelos' hometown is Clearwater Beach, Fla. and he resides in Williamsburg, N.Y.

Jennifer's hometown is Brooklyn, N.Y. and resides in San Francisco, Calif.

Lisa's hometown is Toronto, Canada and she resides in N.Y.

Manuel's hometown is Laredo, Texas and he resides in N.Y.

Mark's hometown is New Zealand and he resides in N.Y.

Nikki's hometown is N.Y.

Nimma's hometown is Peachtree City, Ga. and she resides in Atlanta, Ga.

Richard's hometown is Uniondale, N.Y. and he resides in Atlanta, Ga.

Ryan's hometown is Los Banos, Calif. and he resides in San Francisco, Calif.

Stephanie's hometown is Stamford, Conn. and she resides in Chicago, Ill.

Valerie's hometown is Chicago, Ill.

Zoi's hometown is Seattle, Wash. and she resides in San Francisco, Calif.

Residing in San Diego, but a native of Oregon, cooking seafood is like breathing air for Brian Malarkey. A graduate of Western Culinary Institute, Le Cordon Bleu Program, in Portland, he then apprenticed under Executive Chef Michael Richard at Citrus , before taking time to travel Europe and... Read More

Chris trained at the California School of Culinary Arts (CSCA), and from there worked in restaurants such as Axe and Campanile . He now works as a private chef and counts as former clients Arianna Huffington and Guess Jeans' Marciano family. A resident of Venice, Chris should bring true... Read More

Hailing from New Jersey, of Puerto Rican descent, Camille brings a Latin flair to Paloma , the restaurant she owns in Brooklyn, NY. Trained at one of the Academies of Culinary Arts, there is not a job she hasn't turned her hand to in the kitchen.

This self-taught chef came to cooking via a very different route. A business major who attended the University of North Texas, Casey at one point marketed jet fuel to NASA, while running a catering business in Houston. Her first position in a high-end restaurant was as prep at The Mansion on... Read More