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Bravo’s Top Chef premieres its sixth season on Wednesday, August 26 at 9:00 p.m. EST. This season will take place in Las Vegas, where 17 chefs will compete to win $100,000, a feature in Food & Wine magazine, and a showcase at the Annual Food & Wine Classic in Aspen.

Host/judge and cookbook author Padma Lakshmi returns; joining her again are judges Tom Colicchio, chef and owner of Craft Restaurants; Gail Simmons, Food & Wine magazine; and Toby Young, food critic and author.

The latest cheftestants are: 

• Ash Fulk, 29 / Hometown: Pleasant Hill, CA; residence: New York City  
• Ashley Merriman, 32 / Hometown: Center Sandwich, NH; residence: Seattle, WA
• Bryan Voltaggio, 33 / Hometown: Frederick, MD; residence: Urbana, MD
• Eli Kirshtein, 25 / Hometown/residence: Atlanta, GA
• Eve Aronoff, 40 / Hometown/residence: Ann Arbor, MI
• Hector Santiago, 41 / Hometown: San Juan, PR; residence: Atlanta, GA
• Jennifer Carroll, 33 / Hometown/residence: Philadelphia, PA
• Jennifer Zavala, 31 / Hometown: Cromwell, CT; residence: Philadelphia, PA
• Jesse Sandlin, 30 / Hometown/residence: Baltimore, MD
• Kevin Gillespie, 26 / Hometown/residence: Atlanta, GA
• Laurine Wickett, 38 / Hometown: Rochester, NY; residence: San Francisco, CA
• Mattin Noblia, 29 / Hometown: Biarritz, France; residence: San Francisco, CA
• Michael Isabella, 34 / Hometown: Little Ferry, NJ; residence: Washington, DC
• Michael Voltaggio, 30 / Hometown: Frederick, MD; residence: Los Angeles, CA
• Preeti Mistry, 33 / Hometown/residence: San Francisco, CA
• Robin Leventhal, 43 / Hometown: Sun Valley, ID; residence: Seattle, WA
• Ron Duprat, 40 / Hometown: Mare Rouge, Haiti; residence: Hollywood, FL and Naples, FL

Click below for videos of the host and judges talking about the new season and the contestants introducing themselves.

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