Top Chef: Just Desserts

Top Chef Just Desserts profile,

Top Chef: Just Desserts is an American reality competition show, spun off from the popular Top Chef, that is scheduled to premiere on the cable television network Bravo on September 15, 2010. Top Chef features relatively newer chefs competing against each other in culinary challenges, focusing on pastries and desserts. The show is produced by Magical Elves Productions, the same company that created Top Chef and Project Runway. This will be hosted by Gail Simmons while its head judge will be Johnny Iuzzini, a guest judge on Top Chef and head pastry chef at Jean-Georges. Other judges include Hubert Keller, owner of world-renowned restaurant Fleur de Lys and Top Chef Masters finalist, and Dannielle Kyrillos, "an entertaining expert and Editor-at-Large of DailyCandy".

Format        

Official website

Main article: Top Chef

In every episode of Top Chef: Just Desserts, there are two challenges: a Quickfire Challenge and an Elimination Challenge. Compared to the Elimination Challenge, the Quickfire Challenge is a short challenge that will test each contestant's fundamental skills. The Elimination Challenge, on the other hand, is usually more difficult by testing the chefs' creativity and adaptibility when required to use a unique ingredient or having to fulfill a certain client's needs

Judges, guest judges and special appearances

Johnny Iuzzini (Head Judge)

Gail Simmons (Host)

Dannielle Kyrillos (Judge)

Hubert Keller (Judge)

Guest judges

Jacques Torres (Ep. 1 Elimination)

Season 1

Eliminated

Tania Peterson, 39 — Resides in Boston, Massachusetts (Hometown: Cambridge, Massachusetts)

Contestants

There are 12 contestants competing in Top Chef: Just Desserts. Names, ages, and hometowns below are from the Bravo website. In alphabetical order:

Danielle Keene, 29 — Resides in South Pasadena, California (Hometown: Los Angeles, California)

Eric Wolitzky, 38 — Resides in Manhattan (Hometown: Rochester, New York)

Erika Davis, 40 — Resides in Jacksonville Beach, Florida (Hometown: Tamms, Illinois)

Heather Chittum, 37 — Resides in Washington, D.C. (Hometown: Brooklyn, New York)

Heather Hurlbert, 40 — Resides in Atlanta, Georgia (Hometown: Seoul, South Korea)

Malika Ameen, 35 — Resides in Chicago, Illinois

Morgan Wilson, 37 — Resides in Dallas, Texas (Hometown: Sonora, California)

Seth Caro, 34 — Resides in New York, New York (Hometown: Chappaqua, New York)

Tim Nugent, 41 — Resides in Oakland, California (Hometown: Alburgh, Vermont)

Yigit Pura, 29 — Resides in San Francisco (Hometown: Ankara, Turkey)

Zac Young, 27 — Resides in New York, New York (Hometown: Portland, Maine)