Tune in to Bravo tonight at 10 p.m. to cheer on local Top Chef cheftestant Carla Hall and her ridiculously awesome hair. The show's new season, which was filmed for the first time in New York, premieres tonight. And for those who can't get enough, Good Stuff Eatery's Spike Mendelsohn will be chatting about the premiere episode tomorrow on Washingtonian.com.......

The next season of Top Chef, filmed this time in New York, is set to premiere on November 12, and this time we'll have a hometown girl to cheer for. Carla Hall is chef-owner of Alchemy Caterers, and got her schooling at Bethesda's L'Academie de Cuisine. Her bio states that her food is at the "heart and soul of the South and the refinement of her classic French training." Let's hope that she fares better......