Meet The Cheftestants Competing On Season 22 Of Top Chef Canada

Top Chef is heading to Canada for its 22nd season.

Returning for her sophomore is Kristen Kish, will be joined by judges Tom Colicchio and Gail Simmons. Fifteen chefs will compete for the title of Top Chef while the other fourteen will have to ‘pack their knives and go.’

Prepare for a TASTE of the local food scene of Canada, including Toronto, Calgary, Montreal, and Prince Edward Island.

The Cheftestants:

• Anna “Anya” El-Wattar, Chef at Birch & Rye (San Francisco, CA)
• Paula Endara, Executive Chef at Granddam & Lost Palm (Lexington, KY)
• Tristen Epps, Chef/Owner at Epps & Flows Culinary (Houston, TX)
• Corwin Hemming, Private and Pop-up Chef (Brooklyn, NY)
• Katianna Hong, Chef/Owner of Yangban (Los Angeles, CA )
• Lana Lagomarsini, Chef/Owner of Lana Cooks (Harlem, NY)
• Henry Lu, Chef/Owner at JŪN and byKIN (Houston, TX)
• Vincenzo Loseto, Chef de Cuisine at Press Restaurant (Napa, CA)
• Zubair Mohjir, Founder/Executive Chef at Lilac Tiger, Coach House, and Mirra 
  (Chicago, IL)
• César Murillo, Executive Chef at North Pond (Chicago, IL) 
• Massimo Piedimonte, Chef/Owner at Cabaret l’Enfer (Montréal, Quebec)
• Bailey Sullivan, Chef Di Cucina Monteverde (Chicago, IL)
• Kat Turner, Executive Chef/Partner at Highly Likely (Los Angeles, CA)
• Shuai Wang, Chef/Owner at Jackrabbit Filly & King BBQ (North Charleston, SC)
• Mimi Weissenborn, Executive Chef at Sur Lie, Gather & Catface Cafe (Portland, ME)

Also appearing on Top Chef Canada …

Past winners, finalists, and favorites from Top Chef will make cameos, according to BravoTV.com. That includes Richard Blais, Sara Bradley, Nina Compton, Danny Garcia, Ali Ghzawi, Gregory Gourdet, Nicole Gomes, Buddha Lo, Dale McKay, and Spike Mendelsohn. 

They’ll be joined by a rotating team of judges for Season 22 include Andrea Aprea, Denia Baltzer, Daniel Boulud, Jeremy Charles, Ilona Daniel, Greg Tarzan Davis, Connie DeSousa, Wylie Dufresne, Sheila Flaherty, Eden Grinshpan, Brenda Holder, Punkie Johnson, Jet Lee, Susur Lee, Hunter Lewis, Tracy Little, Antonio Park, Clare Reichenbach, Amy Schnieder, Dwight Smith, Clare Smyth, Mattea Roach, Paul Rogalski, David Zilber, and Janet Zuccarini. 

Season 22 of Top Chef premiers Thursday, March 13 from 9—10:15 p.m.