Shannon Bennett is an Australian chef and author. He became best known as the head chef of restaurant Vue de Monde at Melbourne’s Rialto Tower. Currently, Shannon serves as the creative director at the restaurant and its parent company Vue Groups, having previously been the executive chef.
Elizabeth Chambers is an American television personality. She is best known as the founder of the Texas-based BIRD Bakery retail chain and has filmed holiday cooking on The Cooking Channel, Today, and The Food Network.
Rie McClenny is a Tasty food video producer. She works for BuzzFeed Tasty and publishes culinary content on her Instagram account as well as her YouTube Channel. Rie worked as a line cook at the Los Angeles-based restaurant Rustic Canyon from 2014 to 2015. She then started working at another LA restaurant called A.O.C.
Harley Morenstein is a Canadian actor, Internet personality, and vlogger. He co-created, produces, and hosts the YouTube show Epic Meal Time and its FYI television spin-off series Epic Meal Empire. Harley also runs a successful vlog channel. He is one of the two remaining original members of the show along with Ameer Atari.
Michelle Bernstein is an American chef based in Miami, Florida. She is an expert in the Latin-style flavor of cooking. Michelle won the James Beard Foundation Award for best chef in the South in 2008. In 2001 she opened the restaurant Azul at the Mandarin Oriental. Esquire Magazine food critic John Mariani called it “the best new restaurant in America.
Jacques Torres is a French pastry chef and chocolatier living in New York. He is a member of the International Culinary Center community, as Dean of Pastry Arts as well as holding pastry demonstrations. Jacques appears on the show Nailed It!
Gary Danko is an American chef. He is best known for his eponymous restaurant in San Francisco, California. Gary combines French, Mediterranean, and American styles in his cooking. He started cooking at the local Village Inn restaurant at age 14.
Candice Kumai is an American author, health journalist, and professional trained chef. She is based in New York City. Candice was the youngest chef competing on the first season of Top Chef. Her approach to cooking is based on her Japanese American heritage. She became the host for Lifetime’s show, Cook Yourself Thin.
Susan Feniger is an American chef, restaurateur, cookbook author, and radio and TV personality. She became known for starring in the cooking show Too Hot Tamales on the Food Network and opening several influential restaurants in Los Angeles. Susan has been awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award by the California Restaurant Association.
Darren McGrady is a chef, author, culinary consultant, event planner, and public speaker. He was a personal chef to Queen Elizabeth II, Diana, Princess of Wales, and Princes William and Harry for fifteen years and has cooked for Presidents Ford, Reagan, Bush, Clinton, and Bush.