Dale Talde

Dale Talde (born October 25, 1978, in Chicago, Illinois) is an American chef, television personality, and cookbook author, best known for competing on two seasons of the Bravo reality television cooking competition series ''Top Chef'': ''Top Chef: Chicago'' in 2008 and ''Top Chef: All-Stars'' in 2010–11. Although Talde finished in sixth place in both ''Top Chef'' seasons, he has been called to guest-judge in the show several times, making him one of the show's most popular cast members. He has also hosted Tastemade's ''Up in My Grill'', was the head judge in ''Knife Fight'' season 4, and guest-judged in ''Top Chef Amateurs'', ''Chopped'', ''Chopped Junior'' and ''Beat Bobby Flay''. He has also been called to compete on ''Top Chef Duels'', ''Celebrity Chopped'' and ''Iron Chef America''. in 2022, Talde was nominated for a James Beard Award - Best Chef in New York. Talde is Filipino-American. Provided by Wikipedia