What is Shoda from Top Chef doing now?
What is Shoda from Top Chef doing now?
Shota Nakajima is opening his take on a teriyaki restaurant — inspired by flavors he grew up eating in Seattle and Japan — at the end of March. The restaurant, with 38 indoor seats and rooftop bar that fits 90, is in Cle Elum, almost 100 miles east of Seattle by car.
Who beat Shoda in Top Chef?
After Austin-based chef Gabe Erales was named the winner of season 18, beating out Nakajima and Houston chef and former Olympian Dawn Burrell, previous allegations of harassment that ultimately led to Erales’s being fired from his restaurant in December came to light.
Where was the Top Chef kitchen in Seattle?
The chefs’ home-away-from-home is the penthouse suite of Olive 8, a condo tower in downtown Seattle. Its size (it could house up to 18 people), location (downtown Seattle), and tight security made the Olive 8 penthouse the perfect choice for Top Chef.
Where does Buddha from Top Chef work?
Buddha Lo is the Executive Chef at Huso, the Michelin plate restaurant inside Marky’s Caviar serving an 8-course tasting menu. Buddha learned the foundations of flavor and the rules of the kitchen at a very young age by working for his father at his family’s Chinese restaurant in Port Douglas, Australia.
