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 than previous caterers, who in the past haven’t demonstrated the chops for the fine dining challenges.

Baltimore is also represented this time around: Jill Snyder is the executive chef from Red Maple, whose tenure on the show will probably be helped by her resemblance to Anne Hathaway. Not to mention her “goal is to one day own a small resort that serves amazing food and features rides in her hot air balloon.”

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