Top Chef season 16 casting begins, welcome sign for series’ future

Is a Top Chef season 16 official yet at Bravo? While we cannot say that, there is some very good news if you’re thinking about auditioning — or you want to encourage a friend to do it instead. The series is setting up casting already for whatever lies ahead!

Casting for Top Chef is a little bit different than with most other reality shows out there, mostly because it’s a very specific pool that the show is trying to reach. If you want to be a part of it, what you need to do, per a Bravo release, is email topchefcasting@magicalelves. com to make an appointment for one of the dates/cities below or go to Bravotv.com/topchefcasting for more information.

As you can tell, the series is casting a pretty wide net looking for the best of the best.

Chicago – Thursday, February 1 from 10am – 4pm

Spiaggia — Joe Flamm, “Top Chef” Season 15

980 N Michigan Ave, 2nd Floor, Suite 1

Chicago, IL 60611

Detroit – Thursday, February 1 from 10am – 3pm

Mabel Gray — James Rigato, “Top Chef” Season 12

23825 John R Rd

Hazel Park, MI 48030

New York City – Monday, February 5 from 10am – 3pm

Rice & Gold — Dale Talde, “Top Chef” Season 4 and “Top Chef: All-Stars”

50 Bowery

New York, NY 10013

Nashville – Monday, February 5 from 10am – 1:30pm

City House — Tandy Wilson, James Beard Foundation Award Winner & Best Chef Southeast 2016

1222 4th Ave N

Nashville, TN 37208

Philadelphia – Wednesday, February 7 from 10am – 3pm  

Royal Boucherie — Nick Elmi, “Top Chef” Season 11 Winner

52 S 2nd St

Philadelphia, PA 19106

Houston – Wednesday, February 7 from 10am – 3pm  

Sparrow Cook Shop — Monica Pope, “Top Chef Masters” Season 2

3701 Travis St

Houston, TX 77002

Miami – Saturday, February 10 from 10am – 3pm  

Stubborn Seed — Jeremy Ford “Top Chef” Season 13 Winner

101 Washington Ave

Miami Beach, FL 33139

San Francisco – Sunday, February 11 from 10am – 3pm  

Jardiniere — Traci Des Jardins “Top Chef Masters” Season 3 and Rogelio Garcia, “Top Chef” Season 15

300 Grove St

San Francisco, CA 94102

If you are auditioning, good luck! Or, if you’re like us and you’re not anywhere near good enough of a cook, just look forward to there being more great chefs spotlighted whose food you can eat down the road.

We imaging that a Top Chef season 16 renewal will be made official by the end of the season — speaking of which, is this season really blowing by to anyone else? It feels like it’s moving at almost light-speed.

Related – Read our most-recent Top Chef review

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