Hot Chefs Round 1: Kuramoto, Lane, Pollack, Mairinger

Voting in Eater's fourth annual Hottest Chefs Competition continues with the fourth heat of the first round. Today John-Carlos Kuramoto of Michael's in Santa Monica faces off against The Tasting Kitchen's Casey Lane, repeat nominee Zach Pollack of Sotto, and Bernhard Mairinger of the soon-to-open BierBeisl.

The victor of this heat will face the winners of the other seven first round battles, including Chris Crary who won round three, Johnny Zone from round two and Kris Tominaga from round one.