Todd English Visits Top Chef: Las Vegas

On tonight’s new episode of Top Chef: Las Vegas, notable chef/restaurant owner Todd English joins in on the fun, judging the Quickfire Challenge where the chefs must roll a pair of dice and then cook with as many ingredients as the number they rolled! And it’s a “Battle of the Sexes” for the Elimination Round when the girl-chefs must cook for a Bachelorette Party and the guy-chefs for a Bachelor Party! Who will prove to be the stronger sex?

Catch Top Chef tonight now at its regular time @ 10/9c, only on Bravo.

Meet the Cast of Top Chef Las Vegas

17 New Chefs Rack It Up Along With Guest Judges And Stars Natalie Portman, Wolfgang Puck, Daniel Boulud, Tyler Florence, Penn & Teller And Nigella Lawson

What happens in Vegas won’t stay in Vegas. The sixth season of the No. 1 food show on cable, Bravo’s Emmy and James Beard Award-winning series returns with “Top Chef: Las Vegas,” premiering Wednesday, August 26 at 9 p.m. ET/PT. The 17 new chef’testants take on Sin City this season to see if they have what it takes to become Top Chef. And for the first time ever the series has a set of brothers competing against each other.

This season captures Sin City’s high stakes and high rollers in addition to exploring what Vegas has to offer beyond the Strip. Some of the top names in food, movies and entertainment including Wolfgang Puck, Todd English, Natalie Portman, Daniel Boulud, Penn & Teller, Hubert Keller, Laurent Tourondel, Tim Love, Michelle Bernstein, Tyler Florence, Charlie Palmer, Paul Bartolotta, Nigella Lawson and Jerome Bocuse will be featured this season on “Top Chef: Las Vegas.”

Once again returning to the kitchen, cookbook author, actress and host Padma Lakshmi presides over the judge’s table alongside head judge Tom Colicchio, renowned culinary figure and chef/owner Craft Restaurants, and judges Gail Simmons, of Food & Wine magazine and Toby Young, food critic and best-selling author of the book How to Lose Friends and Alienate People.

“Las Vegas has become a culinary destination some of the world’s best chefs and restaurants are here so it’s only fitting that our newest season was the best yet,” said Colicchio. “You’ll be surprised by the quality of chef’testants we discovered this season. They really raised the bar.”

The Emmy-nominated Magical Elves return to produce “Top Chef: Las Vegas.” Dan Cutforth, Jane Lipsitz (“Top Chef Masters,” “Project Runway,” “Top Design”), Liz Cook and Casey Kriley serve as executive producers. Nan Strait serves as co-executive producer.

The 17 “Top Chef: Las Vegas” chef’testants will be whittled down week by week as they compete to outshine their competition. The winning chef will receive $100,000 furnished by the makers of the Glad family of products, $100,000 of merchandise provided by Macy’s, a feature in Food & Wine magazine, a showcase at the Annual Food & Wine Classic in Aspen and will earn the title of “Top Chef.” The M Resort Spa & Casino served as the production location for “Top Chef: Las Vegas.”

To meet the cast of Season Six, see photo galleries and video, visit www.BravoTV.com/top-chef/season-6. Following are the 17 new “Top Chef: Las Vegas” chef’testants:

- Ash Fulk, 29 Hometown: Pleasant Hill, Calif.; Resides in New York City

- Ashley Merriman, 32 Center Sandwich, N.H.; Resides in Seattle, Wash.

- Bryan Voltaggio, 33 Hometown: Frederick, Md.; Resides in Urbana, Md.

- Eli Kirshtein, 25 Hometown/Resides in: Atlanta, Ga.

- Eve Aronoff, 40 Hometown/Resides in: Ann Arbor, Mich.

- Hector Santiago, 41 Hometown: San Juan, Puerto Rico; Resides in Atlanta, Ga.

- Jennifer Carroll, 33 Hometown/Resides in: Philadelphia, Pa.

- Jennifer Zavala, 31 Hometown: Cromwell, Conn.; Resides in Philadelphia, Pa.

- Jesse Sandlin, 30 Hometown/Resides in: Baltimore, Md.

- Kevin Gillespie, 26 Hometown/Resides in: Atlanta, Ga.

- Laurine Wickett, 38 Hometown: Rochester, N.Y.; Resides in San Francisco, Calif.

- Mattin Noblia, 29 Hometown: Biarritz, France; Resides in San Francisco, Calif.

- Michael Isabella, 34 Hometown: Little Ferry, N.J.; Resides in Washington, D.C.

- Michael Voltaggio, 30 Hometown: Frederick, Md.; Resides in Los Angeles, Calif.

- Preeti Mistry, 33 Hometown/Resides in: San Francisco, Calif.

- Robin Leventhal, 43 Hometown: Sun Valley, Idaho; Resides in Seattle, Wash.

- Ron Duprat, 40 Hometown: Mare Rouge, Haiti; Resides in Hollywood, Fla. and Naples, Fla.

THE “STEAKS” ARE HIGHER IN SIN CITY ON BRAVO’S “TOP CHEF: LAS VEGAS” WED. AUGUST 26 AT 9 PM ET/PT