Top Chef Season 9

Top Chef

Contestants

Twenty-nine chefs will compete in the ninth season of Top Chef:

Eliminated in Qualifying Rounds

• Tyler Stone, 22 — Personal Chef (Sacramento, CA)
• Colin Patterson, 37 — Sutra (Seattle, WA)
• Simon Pantet, 30 — Twenty-Two Doors (Seattle, WA)
• Nina Vicente, 29 — Spur Gastropub (Seattle, WA)
• Kimberly Calichio, 27 — Fishtail by David Burke (New York, NY)
• Chaz Brown, 29 — Fatty Crab (New York, NY)
• Jonathan Baltazar, 36 — Heights Cuisine (Long Beach, CA)
• Berenice deAraujo, 33 — Sra. Martinez (Miami, FL)
• Ashley Villaluz, 25 — Sous Chef (Seattle, WA)
• Molly Brandt, 30 — Allure of the Seas for Royal Caribbean (based in Hollywood, FL)
• Laurent Quenioux, 51 — Vertical Wine Bistro (Los Angeles, CA)
• Andrew Curren, 32 — 24 Diner (Austin, TX)
• Janine Falvo, 37 — Briza Restaurant (Atlanta, GA)

Top 16

Eliminated

• Keith Rhodes, 39 — Catch Restaurants (Wilmington, NC)
• Richie Farina, 28 — MOTO (Chicago, IL)
• Chuy Valencia 25 — Chilam Balam (Chicago, IL)
• Whitney Otawka, 30 — Greyfield Inn (Cumberland Island, GA)
• Dakota Weiss, 35 — 9:30 Restaurant and The Backyard (Los Angeles, CA)
• Nyesha Arrington, 28 — Wilshire Restaurant; Resides in: Los Angeles, CA (Hometown: Los Angeles, CA)
• Heather Terhune, 39 — Sable Kitchen and Bar (Chicago, IL)
• Chris Crary, 29 — Whist Restaurant in the Viceroy Hotel; Resides in: Los Angeles, CA (Hometown: Bucyrus, OH)
• Ty-Lör Boring, 34 — Spasso; Resides in: Brooklyn, NY (Hometown: Kansas City, MO)
• Chris Jones, 30 — MOTO (Chicago, IL)
• Grayson Schmitz, 28 — Exec. Chef (New York, NY)
• Edward Lee, 38 — 610 Magnolia (Louisville, KY)

Still in the running

• Lindsay Autry, 29 — Omphoy Ocean Resort & Michelle Bernstein (West Palm Beach, FL)
• Sarah Grueneberg, 29 — Spiaggia (Chicago, IL)
• Paul Qui, 31 — Uchiko Restaurant (Austin, TX)
• Beverly Kim, 32 — Aria Restaurant (Chicago, IL) -- Winner of Last Chance Kitchen; returned Episode #14