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Top Chef Season Six Contestants Announced

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Top Chef judges Toby, Padma, Tom and Gail. Photo: Bravo TV.
Chef-testants for season six of Top Chef were announced today. The showdown will take place in Las Vegas, which Tom Colicchio assures us is a "very serious food town."

The primary thing a bunch of these newbies have in common? Tattoos, big time. Click through the gallery and let us know if we're wrong. That's not to say we don't spy some serious contenders in the mix. Talent ranges from Michael Voltaggio, chef de cuisine of the buzzed-about José Andrés Bazaar in Los Angeles, to the innocuous-looking (but perhaps culinarily ferocious) Jesse Sandlin, one of the tattooed toques, who sports a flower in her hair.

Don't skip the video of our four judges, in which Gail declares, "I'm eating very well," and Padma asserts, "A few of these contestants have even taught Tom a thing or two." Hmm. We'll see.

Are you stoked about Top Chef Vegas -- or are you over it by now?
Are you still into Top Chef?
Yes!241 (68.3%)
No!62 (17.6%)
Depends on how great this season is. 50 (14.2%)

Filed Under: Television/Film
Tags: gail simmons, GailSimmons, jose andres, JoseAndres, las vegas, LasVegas, padma lakshmi, PadmaLakshmi, season six, SeasonSix, television, toby young, TobyYoung, tom colicchio, TomColicchio, top chef, TopChef

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CrimeCleaner

7-09-2009 @3:58AM CrimeCleaner said... Not gonna lie, I'm not 100% on this show anymore...still a good show though
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Jesse Bragg

7-09-2009 @12:29PM Jesse Bragg said... Well, only 3 out of 17 had tattoo's. The stat that got me was the number of self-taught chefs in this years competition.
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Taylor Young

7-09-2009 @8:51AM Taylor Young said... I agree. But it's still better than some of the crap on TV.

And Vegas is a good venue for it. Joel Robuchon has his Michelin 3 star restaurant there. Should be interesting.

Passport Foodie
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kassie

7-09-2009 @10:42AM kassie said... One contestant not from one of the coasts. What diversity! It is annoying that the whole middle of the country is ignored.
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Numb

7-09-2009 @1:15PM Numb said... Anyone else sick to their stomach that Toby is still on this show?
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