After watching last night's episode of Chef Wanted with Anne Burrell, I was curious about some of the contestants and stumbled upon what looks like a webpage that was put together for the casting of the show.For each restaurant, it has a list of the chefs considered to be on the show along with video's of their audition, facts about the chef, as well as their resumes.
Last night's episode, Episode 5, was for the Old Homestead Restaurant in New York, in which Richard Mancini won. Jenard Wells aka the "Love Chef" was also on this episode and stated that he had 9 kids. I was shocked to see that he was only 31 years old and has 9 kids already.
Also on the site are:
Episode 1 contestants from Mucho Ultima, including the winner Byron Freeze
Episode 2 contestants from James Beach including winner Vincent Walker
Episode 4 contestants from Olives including winner Tully Wilson
Upcoming Episode 6 contestants from Met Back Bay are also on there, although it is not known what 4 chefs will be on the episode by looking at the site.
So click on any of the links above if you want to see any of the chef's audition videos, fact sheets, or resumes as it is pretty interesting stuff.
UPDATE - Here is a story about the drama between Todd English and Tully Wilson, where Tully claimed he never got the job at Olives.