Two weeks of voting on the city Eater sites has produced a list (and the above slideshow) of the 17 hottest chefs across America. Starting next Tuesday, a head-to-head tournament on Eater National to win the coveted title of Eater's Hottest Chef in America. The winners, city by city:
· Philly's Hottest Chef 2012: Jason Cichonski (Ela)
· NYC's Hottest Chef 2012: Vikas Khanna (Junoon)
· Boston's Hottest Chef 2012: Jason Santos (Blue Inc.)
· DC's Hottest Chef 2012: John Critchley (Urbana)
· Atlanta's Hottest Chef 2012: Ted Lahey (Table & Main)
· Miami's Hottest Chef 2012: Todd Erickson (Haven)
· NOLA's Hottest Chef 2012: Phillip Lopez (Root)
· Chicago's Hottest Chef 2012: Trevor Hoyte (IPO)
· Austin's Hottest Chef 2012: Kurt Ramborger (ViUDA Bistro)
· Houston's Hottest Chef 2012: Vanessa O'Donnell (Ooh La La Dessert)
· Dallas' Hottest Chef 2012: Jill Bates (Fearing's Restaurant)
· Denver's Hottest Chef 2012: Mary Nguyen (Parallel 17)
· Las Vegas' Hottest Chef 2012: Olivier Dubreuil (Venetian)
· Seattle's Hottest Chef 2012: Brian Walczyk (Brave Horse Tavern)
· Portland's Hottest Chef 2012: Greg Gourdet (Departure)
· SF's Hottest Chef 2012: Mark Dommen (One Market)
· LA's Hottest Chef 2012: John-Carlos Kuramoto (Michael's)