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Finding the right recipe for fame Celebrity chefs have been busy in and around the D.C. restaurant scene while gaining national recognition on television.
Celebrity chef Mario Batali is in pursuit of a real estate option in Washington to open his popular New York-based Italian marketplace/restaurant, Eataly.
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Former "Top Chef" contestant Carla Hall , photographed on the set at ABC Studios in New York during a rehearsal of "The Chew." Hall, who started the Silver Spring-based catering company, Alchemy, is co-host of the live daytime cooking show.
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Clinton Kelly, Daphne Oz, Mario Batali, Michael Symon and Carla Hall host the daytime talk show, “The Chew,” airing on the ABC Television Network. After being voted “Fan Favorite” during the “Top Chef: All Stars” season, Hall was catapulted into D.C. celebrity chef status and caught the attention of ABC executives.
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Co-hosts of "The Chew," a new ABC daytime cooking show, rehearse at ABC Studios in New York. Pictured from left to right, Mario Batali, Carla Hall and Daphne Oz.
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“Top Chef” contestant, and “Top Chef: All Stars” finalist, Mike Isabella , opened his restaurant, Graffiato , in Chinatown in June. Isabelle previously worked in the kitchen at Jose Andres’s Zaytinya in Penn Quarter.
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Roberto Donna became one of D.C.’s legendary chefs in the 1980s with his restaurant, Galileo. The James Beard Award winner has been mired in court battles for the past several years and recently confirmed the closure of his latest restaurant, Galileo III.
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Chef Eric Ripert opened Westend Bistro by Eric Ripert in the Ritz-Carlton on 22nd Street NW in 2007. Ripert is known for his restaurant, Le Bernardin, which earned him three Michelin stars from 2005 to 2007. He was a regular judge on “Top Chef” in Season 7, which was set in Washington.
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Bobby Flay opened Bobby’s Burger Palace in Washington in August. It is the Iron Chef-celebrity-restaurateur’s first enterprise in the District.
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Bryan Voltaggio was a finalist in “Top Chef” Season 6 and is owner of Volt in Frederick, which he opened in 2008. Voltaggio was the former head chef for Charlie Palmer Steak and announced plans for two new restaurants this summer: one in Frederick based on the concept of Eataly and the other in Chevy Chase Pavilion, to debut in 2012.
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“Top Chef” contestant Spike Mendelsohn opened We the Pizza in the summer of 2010 next to his popular burger joint, Good Stuff Eatery.
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The famous Spanish chef Jose Andres has made the District the home for his company, Think Food Group. He opened America Eats Tavern , a pop-up restaurant to tie in with a major food exhibition at the National Archives. Andres has been a frequent judge on “Top Chef” and has made appearances on Anthony Bourdain’s “No Reservations” and “60 Minutes.” He also received the James Beard Award for Outstanding Chef in 2011.
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