LA Chefs Dominate Esquire TV's Knife Fight Season 2

Knife Fight returns April 15 on Esquire TV with a flurry of L.A. chefs taking the stage against their fellow chefs in the after-hours culinary competition. Taking place inside Ilan Hall's The Gorbals, headline competitors include Traci Des Jardins, Kevin Gillespie, and Charles Phan (Slanted Door) while judges Kris Morningstar and Naomi Pomeroy (Beast PDX) get thrown into the mix. Says Hall, "We have a combination of Michelin star [owners], James Beard Award-winners, Food & Wine Best New Chefs, and still the only prize is a shitty knife."

Local L.A. chefs competing this season include:

· Freddy Vargas, Scarpetta
· Brian Huskey, Paiche
· Brooke Williamson, The Tripel
· Jessica Christensen, City Tavern
· Mark Peel, formerly of Campanile
· David Lentz and Kris Longley, The Hungry Cat
· Mei Lin, Ink
· Sal Marino, Il Grano
· Kevin Luzande, Acabar
· Gilberto Cetina Jr. & Daniel Elkins, Chichen Itza
· Ray Garcia, FIG
· Ricardo Zarate, Mo-Chica
· Perry Cheung, Phorage
· Tin Vuong, Abigaile
· Michael Teich, The Wallace
· Michael Bryant, The Churchill
· Mary Sue Milliken, Border Grill
· Johnny Zone, La Poubelle

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