( EW.com ) -- The tenth iteration of Bravo 's popular `` Top Chef '' series moves northwest this season to Seattle , where host Padma Lakshmi and judges Tom Colicchio , Gail Simmons , Hugh Acheson , and Emeril Lagasse join newly-named judge Wolfgang Puck to crown the Top Chef in the country . The new season premieres on Bravo November 7 at 10 p.m . This year 's crop of 21 contestants are drawn from some of the top local restaurants in the U.S. , including chefs from Washington , D.C. , Boston , Dallas , Los Angeles , and as far away as Hawaii . The complete list of contestants is below . The web show `` Top Chef : Last Chance Kitchen , '' hosted by Colicchio , will also return for its second season , Bravo announced Wednesday . Fall TV 's riskiest new shows ? The 'chef'testants ' for season 10 are : . Lizzie Binder , 37 -- Napa , California . Tina Bourbeau , 42 -- New York , New York . Chrissy Camba , 30 -- Chicago , Illinois . Stephanie Cmar , 27 -- Boston , Massachusetts . Micah Fields , 28 -- Los Angeles , California . Eliza Gavin , 38 -- Telluride , Colorado . Anthony Gray , 35 -- Macon , Georgia . Jeffrey Jew , 34 -- Washington , DC . Gina Keatley , 32 -- New York , New York . Kristen Kish , 28 -- Boston , Massachusetts . Danyele McPherson , 31 -- Dallas , Texas . Daniel O'Brien , 32 -- Washington , DC . Carla Pellegrino , 43 -- Las Vegas , Nevada . Jorel Pierce , 28 -- Denver , Colorado . Sheldon Simeon , 30 -- Lahaina , Hawaii . John Tesar , 54 -- Dallas , Texas . Joshua Valentine , 32 -- Oklahoma City , Oklahoma . Bart Vandaele , 41 -- Washington , DC . Tyler Wiard , 41 -- Denver , Colorado . Brooke Williamson , 33 -- Los Angeles , California . Kuniko Yagi , 35 -- Los Angeles , California . See the full article at EW.com . CLICK HERE to Try 2 RISK FREE issues of Entertainment Weekly . © 2011 Entertainment Weekly and Time Inc. All rights reserved .
Padma Lakshmi is the newest `` Top Chef : judge . The new season premieres on Bravo November 7 . This 34 's crop of 2011 contestants are drawn from some of the top local restaurants .