Ilan Hall
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Ilan D. Hall is an American chef, best known as the winner of the second season
of the Bravo television network's reality series Top Chef
.
Hall is a native of Great Neck, New York
. His parents were both immigrants: his father from Scotland, and his mother from Israel
.
As a teenager, Hall worked at Marine Fishery, a seafood store in his hometown of Great Neck and was later trained at Italy's Lorenzo de Medici Apicus Program and at the Culinary Institute of America
(CIA). He attended the CIA at the same time as his Top Chef runner-up Marcel Vigneron
. At the time of his season two Top Chef competition, Ilan was a line cook at Casa Mono, a Spanish restaurant in Manhattan
. In the final competition of the program he stated that there was no pre-conceived notion in the preparation of his Spanish dishes.
As of 2008, Hall lives in Los Angeles, California
In August 2009, he opened his first restaurant, The Gorbals in downtown Los Angeles. Less than a week after opening, The Gorbals was shut down by the county health department because of an inadequate water heater. It reopened on October 23, 2009.
It was revealed in 2010 that Ilan and his girlfriend are expecting their first son, Theo, together.
Top Chef (season 2)
Top Chef: Los Angeles is the second season of American reality television series Top Chef and was filmed first in Los Angeles, California, and concluded in Waikoloa Village, Hawaii. The season premiered on Bravo on October 18, 2006 and ended on January 31, 2007. Padma Lakshmi took over as host,...
of the Bravo television network's reality series Top Chef
Top Chef
Top Chef is an American reality competition show that airs on the cable television network Bravo, in which chefs compete against each other in culinary challenges. They are judged by a panel of professional chefs and other notables from the food and wine industry with one or more contestants...
.
Hall is a native of Great Neck, New York
Great Neck, New York
The term Great Neck is commonly applied to a peninsula on the North Shore of Long Island, which includes the village of Great Neck, the village of Great Neck Estates, the village of Great Neck Plaza, and others, as well as an area south of the peninsula near Lake Success and the border of Queens...
. His parents were both immigrants: his father from Scotland, and his mother from Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
.
As a teenager, Hall worked at Marine Fishery, a seafood store in his hometown of Great Neck and was later trained at Italy's Lorenzo de Medici Apicus Program and at the Culinary Institute of America
Culinary Institute of America
The Culinary Institute of America is a non-profit culinary college located in Hyde Park USA, founded in 1946. The CIA also has branch campuses in St. Helena, California, and San Antonio, Texas, as well as a campus in Singapore. It is a not-for-profit academic institution of higher learning...
(CIA). He attended the CIA at the same time as his Top Chef runner-up Marcel Vigneron
Marcel Vigneron
Marcel Vigneron is an American chef best known as the runner-up of the second season of Top Chef, placing behind Ilan Hall...
. At the time of his season two Top Chef competition, Ilan was a line cook at Casa Mono, a Spanish restaurant in Manhattan
Manhattan
Manhattan is the oldest and the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City. Located primarily on the island of Manhattan at the mouth of the Hudson River, the boundaries of the borough are identical to those of New York County, an original county of the state of New York...
. In the final competition of the program he stated that there was no pre-conceived notion in the preparation of his Spanish dishes.
As of 2008, Hall lives in Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
In August 2009, he opened his first restaurant, The Gorbals in downtown Los Angeles. Less than a week after opening, The Gorbals was shut down by the county health department because of an inadequate water heater. It reopened on October 23, 2009.
It was revealed in 2010 that Ilan and his girlfriend are expecting their first son, Theo, together.
External links
- Bio at the Top Chef website
- Bravo’s New Top Chef Tells All Review at the Food & WineFood & Wine MagazineFood & Wine is a monthly magazine published by American Express Publishing. It was founded in 1978 by Ariane and Michael Batterberry. It features recipes, cooking tips, travel information, restaurant reviews, chefs, wine pairings and seasonal/holiday content and has been credited by The New York...
website - Ilan Hall beats Marcel Vigneron to become 'Top Chef 2' champion Article at Realitytvworld.com
- Great Neck to Great Chef? Article at Newsday.com
