Ilan Hall
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Ilan Hall | |
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Culinary Institute of America | |
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| Cooking style | Spanish, Israeli, Fusion |
Current restaurant(s)
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Ilan D. Hall is an American chef, television personality, and restaurateur. He won the
Early life and education
Hall is a native of
As a teenager, Hall worked at Marine Fishery, a seafood store in his hometown of Great Neck
Career
In 2007, Hall won season two of “Top Chef.” Ilan was a line cook at Casa Mono, a Spanish restaurant in Manhattan. He had a rivalry with Marcel Vigneron during the show, with whom he attended culinary school simultaneously.[8] Bravo ranked "The Head Shaving Incident" involving Hall and Vigneron as "probably the biggest scandal in Top Chef history."[9]
In August 2009, he opened his first restaurant, The Gorbals, in downtown Los Angeles.[10] Less than a week after opening, The county health department shut down the Gorbals because of an inadequate water heater.[11] It reopened on October 23, 2009, but then permanently closed in 2014.[12][13]
In 2014, Hall opened a second iteration of The Gorbals restaurant in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.[14][15] He redesigned the menu with an Israeli Barbecue concept in 2015 and renamed the restaurant ESH, the Hebrew word for fire.[16] ESH closed in September 2016.
Hall opened Ramen Hood in Los Angeles at
Hall hosted Knife Fight, a cooking competition show on the Esquire Network for four seasons.[17][18] The show ended in 2017 when NBCUniversal announced it was shutting down the Esquire Network cable channel.[19]
References
- ^ a b Repanich, Jeremy (17 March 2020). "Here's What All 16 'Top Chef' Winners Are Doing Now". Robb Report. Archived from the original on 11 April 2020. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
- ^ "Matzo Balls Meet Bacon At Top Chef's Restaurant : NPR". M.npr.org. 2011-03-12. Retrieved 2019-03-01.
- ^ "Top 20 Under 40 los Angeles- Ilan Hall - Page1 - Shalom Life USA". Archived from the original on 2012-10-01. Retrieved 2012-09-06.
- ^ Leventhal, Ben (January 29, 2007). "BREAKING: Top Chef Finale Spoiled AGAIN". Eater LA.
- ^ "Newsday | Long Island's & NYC's News Source". Newsday.
- ^ "Bio at the Top Chef website". Archived from the original on 2007-02-02. Retrieved 2007-02-02.
- ^ "Chef Ilan Hall '02, International Food Ambassador". CIA Culinary School. 2011-05-24. Retrieved 2022-07-11.
- ^ Patterson, Spencer (2008-06-05). "Now we're cooking". Las Vegas Weekly. Greenspun Media Group. Retrieved 2008-09-03.
- ^ "Top Chef Season 9 - 'Top Chef's Biggest Scandals of All Time - Photo Gallery - Bravo TV Official Site". Archived from the original on 2012-02-07. Retrieved 2013-02-12.
- ^ "Thegorbalsla - Dunia Sementara, Akhirat Selamanya". Thegorbalsla.
- ^ "Gorbals Boils Over". Zagat.com. September 3, 2009.
- ^ Arfa, Orit (November 4, 2009). "Bacon-wrapped matzvah balls with Top Chef Ilan Hall". JewishJournal.com.
- ^ "The Gorbals (@thegorbals) | Twitter". twitter.com. Retrieved 2016-02-01.
- ^ Houck, Brenna (2014-04-04). "Inside Ilan Hall's Urban Outfitters Restaurant in Brooklyn". Eater. Retrieved 2019-03-01.
- ^ "Information Products Online". thegorbalsbk. Retrieved 2019-03-01.
- ^ "Ilan Hall's The Gorbals Evolves Into Esh, an 'Israeli Barbecue'". Eater NY. 2 December 2015. Retrieved 2016-02-01.
- ^ "'Top Chef' Winners: Where Are They Now?". Us Weekly. 2021-07-02. Retrieved 2022-07-11.
- ^ Houck, Brenna (2013-08-13). "Watch a Preview for Knife Fight, Premiering Sept. 24". Eater. Retrieved 2019-03-01.
- ^ Daniel Holloway (2017-01-18). "NBCUniversal to Shut Down Esquire Network (EXCLUSIVE) – Variety". Variety.com. Retrieved 2019-03-01.
External links
- Bio at the Top Chef website
- Bravo’s New Top Chef Tells All Review at the Food & Winewebsite
- Ilan Hall beats Marcel Vigneron to become 'Top Chef 2' champion Article at Realitytvworld.com
- Great Neck to Great Chef? Article at Newsday.com