Bow and Truss Chef Aaron Grissom Debuts on Bravo’s Top Chef
Bravo Media’s Emmy and James Beard Award-winning series “Top Chef” will premiere its 12th season in Boston tonight, Wednesday, October 15th at 10PM ET/PT. Aaron Grissom, chef at Knitting Factory Entertainment’s North Hollywood Restaurant Bow and Truss, is one of the “cheftestants.” Southern California’s only representative on the show, Grissom, age 27, is also the youngest contestant this season.
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Bravo Media’s Emmy and James Beard Award-winning series”Top Chef”will premiere its 12th season in Boston onWednesday, October 15th at 10PM ET/PT. Returning to the judges table for the new season in New England are head judge Tom Colicchio, judges Gail Simmons, Hugh Acheson and host Padma Lakshmi. For the first time ever, a “Top Chef” winner is joining the judging panel. Richard Blais will make his debut as a recurring judge offering the chef’testants guidance from a chef and a former competitor’s point of view. For a sneak peak at season 12, visithttp://www.bravotv.com/top-
This season features some of the franchise’s “hungriest” chefs battling it out against the backdrop of Bean Town’s flourishing culinary scene. The chefs will go knife-to-knife at iconic Boston locales including Fenway Park, Plimoth Plantation and The Bull and Finch Pub, which served as the inspiration for “Cheers” and where exterior shots for the show were filmed. Mirroring Boston’s own rich history, Season 12 is full of firsts, including the first meal ever served on the field underneath the Green Monster, a challenge using only ingredients that would have been on hand at the first Thanksgiving meal, the first “Top Chef” food festival and the first fan appreciation challenge where fans of the show were invited to dine inside the “Top Chef” kitchen. The show will also feature a challenge highlighting Boston’s finest from the police and fire departments.
The stakes are higher than ever as “Top Chef” introduces sudden death Quickfire challenges that occur without warning throughout the season and a fiery judges table that puts every chef on the spot. The chefs will be tasked with serving up food for top entertainers, culinary stars and celebrity guest judges including: actress Emmy Rossum, Rob “Gronk” Gronkowski of the New England Patriots, MLB Hall of Famer Dennis Eckersley, actor George Wendt (Norm from “Cheers”), “Watch What Happens Live” host Andy Cohen, Todd English, Barbara Lynch, Jasper White, Ming Tsai, Jacques Pepin, Ken Oringer and Jamie Bissonette.
The chef’testants will bring out their knives as they battle it out for $125,000 furnished by Healthy Choice, a feature inFOOD & WINEmagazine, a showcase at the annualFOOD & WINEClassic in Aspen and the title of “Top Chef.”
Meet the Chef’testants:
-Doug Adams, 29 Portland, Oregon
-Stacy Cogswell, 33 Boston, Massachusetts
-Joy Crump, 46 Fredericksburg, Virginia
-Ron Eyester, 40 Atlanta, Georgia
-Gregory Gourdet, 39 Portland, Oregon
-Aaron Grissom, 27 Los Angeles, California
-Adam Harvey, 29 New York, New York
-Melissa King, 30 San Francisco, California
-Rebecca LaMalfa, 32 – Chicago, Illinois
-Mei Lin, 28 Los Angeles, California
-George Pagonis, 31 Washington, D.C.
-Michael Patlazhan, 31 Brooklyn, New York
-James Rigato, 29 White Lake, Michigan
-Katsuji Tanabe, 33 Los Angeles, California
-Keriann Von Raesfeld, 28 San Jose, California
-Katie Weinner, 35 Salt Lake City, Utah
*For more information on the chef’testants, please visit Bravotv.com/top-chef.
Additionally,”Top Chef: Last Chance Kitchen,”the Emmy Award-winning, groundbreaking digital video series, sponsored by Hidden Valley Food and The Glad Products Company, and hosted by Tom Colicchio, returns for its fourth season. The companion series kicks off with a two-part redemption midseason and continues until part one of the finale. Each week, eliminated chef’testants face-off in a pressure-filled, battle royaleto compete for the ultimate prizeredemption and a spot in the “Top Chef” finale. Fans can follow the “Top Chef: Last Chance Kitchen” challenges onBravoTV.com, as well asjoin in thesocial conversation and see what the chef’testants have to say during the competition by following @bravotopchef on Twitter or liking the Top Chef Facebook fan page. The series can be seen on desktop, mobile and tablet atwww.BravoTV.com,m.BravoTV.com, on BravoNowiPhone and iPad apps, as well as iTunes, Amazon, VOD and Hulu.
“Top Chef” earned its eighth Emmy nomination in the “Outstanding Reality – Competition” category this year, continuing the network’s record with nominations in the category for a tenth consecutive year. Tune in to the Primetime Emmy Awards onMonday, August 25 at 8p.m. ET/PT on NBC to see if “Top Chef” wins the award.
Can’t wait until October for your “Top Chef” fix? Tune in to”Top Chef Duels”tonight at 10pm ET/PT.DC Restaurateur Mike Isabella and LA Restaurateur Antonia Lofaso have a long, storied Top Chef’ history, discovering that they were distant cousins on “Top Chef All Stars.” Mike’s victory prevented Antonia from moving to the “All Star” finale and now she’s back to take him down in the Duel. These competitive cousins go head-to-head in an Italian-themed smack down where Michael Chiarello joins the judges as well as the chefs’ families to pick the winner. Who will win this family feud? For a sneak peek visithttp://www.bravotv.com/top-
“Top Chef” is produced by the Emmy Award-winning Magical Elves. Dan Cutforth and Jane Lipsitz serve as executive producers.
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Posted By Nicholas Gonzales
08/20/2014
