Season 10 of "Top Chef" is headed to Seattle, Washington for its November 7 premiere. The program has also announced that Wolfgang Puck has joined the cast of judges.
Puck will be accompanied on the judges' panel by Tom Colicchio, Gail Simmons, Hugh Acheson and Emeril Lagasse. Padma Lakshmi returns as host.
This year's crop of 21 contestants are drawn from some of the top local restaurants in the U.S., according to the show's producers.
The full list of contestants is as follows:
Lizzie Binder, 37 - Napa, California
Tina Bourbeau, 42 - New York, New York
Chrissy Camba, 30 - Chicago, Illinois
Stephanie Cmar, 27 - Boston, Massachusetts
Micah Fields, 28 - Los Angeles, California
Eliza Gavin, 38 - Telluride, Colorado
Anthony Gray, 35 - Macon, Georgia
Jeffrey Jew, 34 - Washington, DC
Gina Keatley, 32 - New York, New York
Kristen Kish, 28 - Boston, Massachusetts
Danyele McPherson, 31 - Dallas, Texas
Daniel O'Brien, 32 - Washington, DC
Carla Pellegrino, 43 - Las Vegas, Nevada
Jorel Pierce, 28 - Denver, Colorado
Sheldon Simeon, 30 - Lahaina, Hawaii
John Tesar, 54 - Dallas, Texas
Joshua Valentine, 32 - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Bart Vandaele, 41 - Washington, DC
Tyler Wiard, 41 - Denver, Colorado
Brooke Williamson, 33 - Los Angeles, California
Kuniko Yagi, 35 - Los Angeles, California
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