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Donna Lee, a casting associate for the television show "Top Chef," just called to ask which Tacoma chefs should be solicited for an audition when the show's producers are in Seattle next week (more info on the open casting call when I get details). She specifically wanted to know which "inventive Tacoma chefs should be on our list" (gotta love those words together).
I gave Lee a partial list of Tacoma toques who fit the show's criteria: chef-owners or executive chefs with cooking credentials that lean to the impressive side.
These chefs immediately came to mind: Diana Prine (Fife City Bar & Grill), Charlie McManus (Primo Grill), Gordon Naccarato (Pacific Grill), Jeff Bishop (Merende) and Matt Brandsey (Sea Grill).
I know I missed many. Which Tacoma chefs do you think producers should ask to come audition? Comment here, please. I'll send our list to Lee.
More info on the Bravo show "Top Chef" here.
More info here on Zoi Antonitsas, the Seattle native who appeared on Season 4 of "Top Chef."
The parking lot was full last week, but Olympia's Ranch House BBQ Restaurant wasn't open -- not quite yet. Contractors were the ones taking up the parking spaces, but by next week, customers will flood the parking lot.
"We're opening February 9," said an elated Ranch House co-owner Melanie Tapia. She sounded far less stressed than when I last spoke with her in December. At that time, the popular barbecue restaurant was to have opened Jan. 2, but the snow dump delayed that by a month.
