TV NEWS: Thierry Rautureau of Luc & Rover's on Top Chef Masters

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Thierry Rautureau of Seattle's Luc and Rover's restaurants will be on the next season of Bravo TV's Top Chef Masters. The show will begin airing on Wednesday, July 25, 2012 at 10:00 PM ET/PT. Find out more info at The Chef in the Hat's website. Good luck Thierry!!

TV SHOW: Top Chef has four Seattle hopefuls

The ninth season of Top Chef is taking place in Texas. Bravo has released the names of 29 possible contestants. 16 of those 29 go on to compete on the popular Bravo reality show. Four of those 29 "hopefuls" are from Seattle!

The four Seattle hopefuls are: Simon Pantet of Capitol Hill's 22; Colin Patterson of Wallingford's Sutra; Nina Vicente of Belltown's Spur Gastropub; and Ashley Villaluz, who is listed as a Sous Chef in Seattle. Top Chef: Texas premieres November 2nd. The entire list of all 29 hopefuls can be found at Eater National.

I'm a huge fan of Top Chef and I wish all the Seattle hopefuls the best of luck!