Chefs will all be using the same meat supplied by Allen Brothers Steaks so no advantage there. Chicago chefs competing for the title are:
Brian Wright, Rosebud Restaurants, Chicago locations
Carol Wallack, Sola, 3868 N. Lincoln
Chad Starling, Aria, 200 N. Columbus Dr.
Dirk Flanigan, The Gage, 24 S. Michigan Ave.
Eddie Lakin, Edzo's Burger Shop, 1571 Sherman Ave., Evanston
Federico Comacchio, Phil Stefani's Steakhouse, 437 Rush
John Coletta, Quartino, 626 N. State
John Hogan,Keefer's, 20 W. Kinzie
Kevin Hickey , Seasons at Four Seasons Hotel, 120 E. Delaware Place
Meg Colleran-Sahs, Terzo Piano, 159 E. Monroe
Radhika Desai, English, 444 N. La Salle
Ryan LaRoche, NoMI, 800 N. Michigan Ave.
Stephan Lawhorn, Palmer Place, 56 S. LaGrange Rd., La Grange
Stephanie Izard, The Girl & The Goat, 809 W. Randolph
Stu Zirin, D.S. Tequila Company, 3352 N. Halsted
The judging panel is headed up by Chef Thomas Keller, chef/owner of the renowned French Laundry and Per Se and will be joined by five other culinary celebrity judges.
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Chicago Gourmet 2010
Note: Burger above is from Edzo's. Eddie always delivers the goods including the best malts ever!