Get to know the Top Chef fresh meat: Part five
Posted by Dan
March 7th, 2008 at 11:23am
In Top Chef
Jennifer
Age: 35
About her: Brooklyn-born, currently residing in San Francisco.
Ill-informed snap judgment: She works at a restaurant called COCO500. I presume that means she works at a tropical restaurant staffed by robots. Or, at least, a boy can hope.
Lisa
Age: 27
About her: A Canadian! Of the bandana-ed variety.
Ill-informed snap judgment: I don’t know if the fact that I’m the same age as Lisa will make me want her to succeed or fail. Obviously, I have some competition issues I need to get over.

Richard
Age: 35
About him: He claims to be just like an artichoke.
Ill-informed snap judgment: Given the show’s past with people with mohawks, I thought this meant that this would be the show’s official gay. Sadly, Richard is married, expecting a child and has two weimaraners.
Ryan
Age: 28
About him: He’s a mensch. He organized a 1,000 bag lunch giveaway last Thanksgiving for the poor.
Ill-informed snap judgment: I’ve got nothing. Anybody?
Was Ryan previously a member of Menudo?