Contestant Kelsey Barnard Clark during Round 1, East Battle 1, as seen on Tournament of Champions, Season 3.So, when the Food Network called, Dothan’s Top Chef entered the ring again for another round of competitive cooking.
The chefs are divided by East and West coasts with a “5-wheeled randomizer” to determine the protein, produce, equipment, cooking style, and time to be used during each cook-off event. A panel of famous food judges makes the ultimate blind decisions. Eric Adjepong, fellow “Top Chef” competitor who made it into the top three, is also competing in this season of “Tournament of Champions” and will actually compete against Clark – making this the 33rd time to two chefs have competed in challenges against each other.
The West Coast chefs are: Carlos Anthony, Shirley Chung, Chris Cosentino, Tiffany Derry, Elizabeth Falkner, Phillip Frankland Lee, Timothy Hollingsworth, Antona Lofaso, Crista Luedtke, Brian Malarkey, Aaron May, Joe Sasto, Jet Tila, Marcel Vigneron, Michael Voltaggio, and season one winner Brooke Williamson.