On the Top Chef front, things are drawing quickly to a close for the show’s eleventh-season contestants, which means it’s time for a new city, a new menagerie of tension-mongering sound effects, and new contestants who look funny running with armfuls of food across kitchens. To that end, there’s going to be a big open call, held (fittingly) February 24 at Colicchio & Sons in New York. Other open calls are going down in Dallas, Atlanta, Chicago, and Los Angeles, so get to it — you’ve basically got three weeks to bone up on your bone-out technique. The full press release, including details on the show’s season-twelve renewal (but not its filming location), straight ahead.
BRAVO MEDIA PICKS UP “TOP CHEF” SEASON 12 AND KICKS OFF NATIONWIDE CASTING CALLS
A New “Top Chef” Will Be Crowned Wednesday, February 5 at 10pm ET/PT During the Season Eleven Finale From Maui, Hawaii
NEW YORK - January 30, 2014 - If you think you can stand the heat, sign-up to get in the kitchen! Bravo’s Emmy and James Beard Award-winning series “Top Chef” will be returning for a twelfth season in Fall 2014. Open casting calls for chefs interested in competing in the high-stakes culinary competition series will be held in cities across the country starting on Tuesday, February 18.
“Top Chef” season 12 casting calls are as follows:
Dallas — Tuesday, February 18 from 10am-1pm
Palomar Hotel Dallas
5300 E Mockingbird LN
Dallas, TX 75206
Atlanta — Tuesday, February 18 from 10am-1pm
Location To Be Determined
New York — Monday, February 24 from 10am-1pm
Colicchio & Sons
85 10th Avenue
New York, NY 10011
Chicago — Monday, February 24 from 10am-1pm
Location To Be Determined
Los Angeles — Monday, March 3 from 10am-1pm
Location To Be Determined
For additional updated casting information and to download an application, visit TopChefCasting.com.
And don’t forget, there’s Top Chef Extreme, a show with a name that’s best said out loud in a monster-truck-rally announcer’s voice through the narrower end of a clean traffic cone. That show debuts this summer.
Related: Top Chef Will Spin Off Once Again With Top Chef Extreme
Top Chef Casting [Official Site]