‘Top Chef’ Season 18 Finale: And the Winner Is…
Was it Dawn Burrell, Gabe Erales or Shota Nakajima who walked away with the title of Top Chef?
Jennifer Maas | July 1, 2021 @ 6:01 PM
Photo by: David Moir/Bravo
“Top Chef” Season 18 has placed its chef’s hat on a winner: Congratulations to Gabe Erales!
The victor of the 18th season of Bravo’s cooking competition, which took place in Portland, Oregon, amid the pandemic, was announced on Thursday’s finale episode. The installment featured a three-way showdown between “Top Chef: Portland” finalists Dawn Burrell, Gabe Erales and Shota Nakajima, who each prepared an epic spread for the judges and some special guests at Willamette Valley Vineyards.
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Austin s Top Chef competitor to open Mexican eatery in trendy district The new hot spot is set to open next fall.
Photo by Mackenzie Smith Kelley A taste of the Yucatan is coming to the Rainey Street District, care of an Austin-based top chef.
Chef Gabe Erales, currently a contestant on season 18 of Bravo’s
Top Chef and a champion of Mexican cuisine, will open his first restaurant a Mexican-inspired eatery called Bacalar that will draw influence from various regions of the Yucatan Peninsula, where Erales has family roots. Scheduled to open in the fall of next year, Bacalar will anchor the ground level of the 44 East Ave Residences, the slick skyscraper currently under construction on the banks of Lady Bird Lake.
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