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Top Chef Just Announced Its New Cheftestants — And It Turns Out One Is in *Another* Hot Contest at the Same Time

Which one will be named Bravo's Top Chef for Season 16? (And which one stands to win in a whole other contest?)

By Alesandra Dubin
Your First Look at Top Chef Kentucky!

Bravo's Top Chef is heading to Kentucky for Season 16 — premiering Thursday, December 6 at 9/8c — and we just got our first look at the competition. (Check out the clip above for all the preview action.)

How to Watch

Watch the Top Chef Season 21 premiere on Wednesday, March 20 at 9/8c on Bravo and next day on Peacock.

And now we also know who will be included in the new batch of 15 talented chefs from across the country fighting for the next Top Chef title.

Meet the new cheftestants:

  • Eric Adjepong - Washington, DC 
  • Sara Bradley - Paducah, KY
  • Kelsey Barnard Clark - Dothan, AL
  • Edmund “Eddie” Konrad - Philadelphia, PA
  • Pablo Lamon - Miami Beach, FL
  • Natalie Maronski - Philadelphia, PA
  • Michelle Minori - San Francisco, CA
  • Nini Nguyen - Brooklyn, NY
  • Brandon Rosen - San Mateo, CA
  • Kevin Scharpf - Dubuque, IA
  • Caitlin Steininger - Cincinnati, OH
  • Justin Sutherland - St. Paul, MN
  • David Viana – Asbury Park, NJ
  • Adrienne Wright - Boston, MA
  • Brian Young – Boston, MA

And while these folks each hope to be named Top Chef, one of them is currently in the running in another hot contest, too... 

People has just come out with its 10 finalists for the "Sexiest Chef Alive" — and chef Adjepong is among them.

(Also among them is Season 11 competitor Louis Maldonado.)

Good luck to all the chefs... as they shoot for various illustrious titles!

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