Top Chef Season 4

Top Chef is an American reality competition show that airs on the cable television network Bravo, in which chefs compete against each other in weekly challenges. They are judged by a panel of professional chefs and other notables from the food and wine industry with one or more contestants eliminated each week. Season Three began airing in June 2007. In July 2007, production began on Season Four to be shot in Chicago. The show is produced by Magical Elves Productions, the same company that created Project Runway.

The fourth season of American reality television series Top Chef was filmed in Chicago in the second half of 2007 and first aired on March 12, 2008 on Bravo.


Chef Richard Blais on Top Chef Season 4

The contestants for Season 4 were announced on January 23, 2008.
Andrew D'Ambrosi, 30 — Hometown: Fort Lauderdale, FL; Resides in N.Y.
Antonia Lofaso, 31 — Hometown/Resides in: Los Angeles, CA
Dale Talde, 29 — Hometown: Chicago, IL; Resides in N.Y.
Erik Hopfinger, 38 — Hometown: Chappaqua, NY; Resides in San Francisco, CA
Jennifer Biesty, 35 — Hometown: Brooklyn, NY; Resides in San Francisco, CA
Lisa Fernandes, 27 — Hometown: Toronto, Canada; Resides in N.Y.
Manuel Trevino, 33 - Hometown: Laredo, TX; Resides in N.Y.
Mark Simmons, 29 — Hometown: Invercargill, New Zealand; Resides in N.Y.
Nikki Cascone, 35 — Hometown/Resides in: N.Y.
Nimma Osman, 26 — Hometown: Peachtree City, GA; Resides in Atlanta, GA
Richard Blais, 35 — Hometown: Uniondale, NY; Resides in Atlanta, GA
Ryan Scott, 28 — Hometown: Los Banos, CA; Resides in San Francisco, CA
Spike Mendelsohn, 27 — Hometown: Clearwater Beach, FL; Resides in Williamsburg, N.Y.
Stephanie Izard, 31 — Hometown: Stamford, CT; Resides in Chicago, IL
Valerie Bolon, 32 — Hometown/Resides in: Chicago, IL
Zoi Antonitsas, 30, — Hometown: Seattle, WA; Resides in San Francisco, CA