Photos: Meet the new Cheftestants on Bravo’s TOP CHEF: NEW ORLEANS

TOP CHEF -- Season:11 -- Pictured: (l-r) Hugh Acheson, Padma Lakshmi, Tom Colicchio, Emeril Lagasse, Gail Simmons -- (Photo by: Justin Stephens/Bravo)

TOP CHEF — Season:11 — Pictured: (l-r) Hugh Acheson, Padma Lakshmi, Tom Colicchio, Emeril Lagasse, Gail Simmons — (Photo by: Justin Stephens/Bravo)

Tonight at 10/9c on Bravo, check out Season 11 of TOP CHEF as the gang heads to NEW ORLEANS! Padma, Gail, and Tom are once again joined by Hugh Acheson and Emeril Lagasse, with Wolfgang Puck – here are the names / locations of the cheftestants – follow the jump to see what they look like!

Benedetto Bartolotta – 37 – Astoria, NY
Ramon Bojorquez – 31 – Rio Rico, AZ (currently resides in San Diego)
Janine Booth – 25 – Perth, Australia (currently resides in NYC)
Shirley Chung – 36 – Beijing, China and Fremont, CA (currently resides in Las Vegas)
Jason Cichonski – 27 – Bucks County, PA (currently resides in Philadelphia)
Stephanie Cmar – 28 – Boston, MA
Nina Compton – 34 – Saint Lucia (currently resides in Miami)
Aaron Cuschieri – 29 – Livonia, MI
Nicholas Emi – 32 – West Newbury, MA (currently resides in Philadelphia)
Carlos Gaytan – 42 – Chicago, IL
Brian Huskey – 32 – Pasadena, CA (currently resides in LA)
Sara Johannes – “A lady never tells” – Milwaukee, WI (currently resides in Minneapolis)
Louis Maldonado – 32 – Ukiah, CA (currently resides in Healdsburg, CA)
Travis Masar – 27 – La Junta, CO (currently resides in Philadelphia)
Carrie Mashaney – 35 – Carpenter, IA (currently resides in Seattle)
Bret Pelaggi – 34 – Norwood, MA (currently resides in Miami)
Patricia Vega – 29 – Gurabo, PR (currently resides in Queens)