Bravo’s wildly popular, enduring “Top Chef” competition series launched in 2006 in the foodie capital of San Francisco without a single local “cheftestant.” But in the…
Bravo’s wildly popular, enduring “Top Chef” competition series launched in 2006 in the foodie capital of San Francisco without a single local “cheftestant.” But in the years since, a sizeable number of NorCal contestants have participated in the fast-paced competition. Although all but one were asked to “pack your knives and go,” the show propelled them to do great things in the culinary world, including owning their own restaurants, writing cookbooks and inspiring the next generation of chefs.
For years, Jen Biesty was executive chef at the Oakland restaurant she co-owned, Shakewell, shown here, before taking on an executive chef role at Pixar in 2023. , Paris, London — before she was tapped to compete on “Top Chef.” By that time, San Francisco considered her one of their own, as she had worked with chef Loretta Keller at Coco500 and as chef de cuisine for Traci des Jardins at Jardiniere. After competing in Chicago, she headed back to S.F.
Although King is from SoCal, she entered the competition as a San Francisco chef so we count her — and her win — for Northern California. Make that wins plural. She has chalked up more individual victories than anyone else in “Top Chef” history. She’s been incredibly busy since then. First, she put her sheltering-in-place time during the pandemic to good use: She made and sold the sauces the Season 17 judges swooned over, and she taught virtual cooking classes.
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