On the eve of last night’s Top Chef season finale, Bryan Voltaggio told DCist to look out for plans for a collaborative project with his brother Michael. Just hours before the show’s airing, which featured the brothers as two of the three finalists, Bryan told Washington Post food chatters that while no new restaurants are in the works, fans could check out a new web site, www.voltaggiobrothers.com, to see what was in the pipeline….

We’re five episodes in to the sixth season of Top Chef, with episode six airing tonight on Bravo at 10 p.m. As we’ve written before, the cast is relatively packed with local talent. There’s Michael Isabella, executive chef of downtown crowd pleaser Zaytinya; Bryan Voltaggio, who opened VOLT up north in his hometown of Frederick, Md. after spending several years on the Hill at Charlie Palmer Steak; and his younger brother, Michael Voltaggio, who…

Last season, we were excited to see our hometown gal Carla Hall make it to the top three on Bravo’s Top Chef. This year, we have three chefs with local ties to cheer for. First, we get some sibling rivalry between brothers Bryan and Michael Voltaggio. Will they pair up to take down the others or fight it out from the very start? Bryan is the chef-owner of Volt in Frederick, and was formerly…