Top Chef Masters Returns for Season Four

Top Chef MastersBravo’s bringing back Top Chef Masters for season number four starting on July 25th at 10pm. 12 new award-winning chefs will be participating this season, each trying to earn $100,000 for their favorite charities.

Among the celebrity guest judges who’ll be taking part this summer are Sugar Ray Leonard, Indigo Girls, Dita Von Teese, The B-52’s, Brian Boitano And Holly Madison. Curtis Stone returns as the host alongside judges James Oseland, Ruth Reichl, Krista Simmons and Francis Lam.

Each episode, the chefs will be able to win $5,000 during quickfire challenges. $10,000 more goes to the victors of the elimination challenges.

How It Works:

Top Chef Masters pits 12 world-renowned chefs against each other to see how well they fare in fierce culinary competition. Based at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, each week will whittle down the chefs until the finale where one winner is crowned “Top Chef Master” and receives the grand prize of $100,000 for the charity of their choice. The chefs are bringing more than their knives to the table; they’re bringing their egos and stirring up the drama…all for charity.

The 12 Top Chef Masters Competing Chefs:

– Chris Cosentino – Chef/ Partner Incanto Restaurant, San Francisco; Competing for Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinsons Research

– Clark Frasier – Owner of Arrows; Competing for Outright Lewiston/Auburn

– Mark Gaier – Owner of Arrows; Competing for Equality Maine Foundation

– Lorena Garcia – Owner of Lorena Garcia Cocina Restaurant; Competing for Alliance for a Healthier Generation, Inc

– Debbie Gold – Executive Chef of Kansas City’s The American Restaurant; Competing for Children’s TLC

– Kerry Heffernan – NYC Chef; Competing for City Harvest

– Thierry Rautureau – Chef/owner: Rover’s and Luc; Competing for Food Lifeline

– Missy Robbins – Executive Chef: A Voce Madison & A Voce Columbus; Competing for Grow to Learn NYC

– Art Smith – Executive Chef and co-owner: LYFE Kitchen and Southern Art Restaurants; Competing for Common Threads

– Sue Torres – Chef/Owner: Sueños; Competing for Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

– Takashi Yagihashi – Owner: Takashi Restaurant and Slurping Turtle; Competing for the American Red Cross, benefitting the Japanese Tsunami Disaster Relief

– Patricia Yeo – Om Restaurant & Lounge/ Moksa Pan Asian Izakaya; Competing for Heifer Project International

Source: Bravo