Hottest Chef Round 1, Day 4: SF's Mark Dommen vs Dallas' Jill Bates

Here's the final Round 1 competition in Eater's Hottest Chef in America contest. In a very close contest, yesterday's Western Division contest was won by Las Vegas' Olivier Dubreuil, knocking out Vanessa O'Donnell (Houston) and Mary Nguyen (Denver).

Right now, some serious hotness: chef Mark Dommen of One Market in San Francisco and Jill Bates of Fearing's in Dallas. Vote here:

Note: Poll closes at 1PM EST, Monday Feb 27th. To keep track of the Hottest Chef competition, see the brackets.

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