August 19, 2009 — Five National Restaurant Association members are competing on the latest season of Bravo’s "Top Chef" series.
The show, which airs Wednesdays at 9 p.m. ET, features 17 "cheftestants" who will compete in cooking challenges for the "Top Chef" title. This season will take place in Las Vegas, home to some of the biggest names in the restaurant industry.
The NRA members competing are Eve Aronoff, chef/owner, Eve, Ann Arbor, Mich.; Ash Fulk, Trestle on Tenth; New York City; Kevin Gillespie, chef/owner, Woodfire Grill, Atlanta; Michael Isabella, executive chef, Zaytinya, Washington, D.C.; Bryan Voltaggio, chef/partner, Volt, Frederick, Md.
Will one of the Association members take home the title? We hope so.
The Hospitality Careers Training Center will post each Chef bio in our blogs. To see all blogs visit the Hospitality Careers Training Center website.
Ash Fulk
Ash Fulk used persistence to break into the restaurant industry. Needing money, Faulk applied for a line cook position at a restaurant and agreed to demonstrate his skill level to the head chef.
His first task: dicing an onion. The task took an hour, and the chef told him he wasn't qualified for the position. Fulk persisted and returned to the restaurant everyday until the chef offered him a job.
His first task: dicing an onion. The task took an hour, and the chef told him he wasn't qualified for the position. Fulk persisted and returned to the restaurant everyday until the chef offered him a job.
Since then, Fulk has worked in kitchens in California and New York, building his culinary knowledge along the way. He eventually landed his current post as sous chef at Trestle on Tenth in New York City. "It’s a Swiss brasserie, basically whatever Chef [Ralf Kuettel] come up with. It has chef’s influence but also my West Coast influence on it."
Fulk considers each chef he's worked for to be a mentor. "You can’t help but stand on the shoulders of the chef you work for," he says. "Everyday I apply something that a chef taught me."
The interview for Top Chef came as a dare after a night out with friends. "We were at a bar and the topic of Top Chef came up. My friends were saying ‘you’ll never do it; [you're] too much of a wuss." The next day, when one of the friends showed up at his restaurant with a video camera, ready to film his audition tape, Fulk agreed.
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Source: National Restaurant Association
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