Ilan Hall
Ilan D. Hall is an American chef. He won second season of Top Chef and is owner-chef of Ramen Hood in Los Angeles.[1]
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Ilan Hall in the kitchen at the Gorbels in 2010. | |
Born | Ilan D. Hall |
Education | Culinary Institute of America |
Culinary career | |
Cooking style | Spanish, Israeli, Fusion |
Current restaurant(s)
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Previous restaurant(s)
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Early life and education
Hall is a native of Great Neck, New York. His parents were both immigrants: his father from Glasgow, Scotland, and his mother from Israel. Both his parents were from Jewish families.[2][3]
As a teenager, Hall worked at Marine Fishery, a seafood store in his hometown of Great Neck[4] and was later trained at Italy's Lorenzo de' Medici Apicus Program[5][6] and at the Culinary Institute of America (CIA).
Career
Hall won season two of Top Chef. Ilan was a line cook at Casa Mono, a Spanish restaurant in Manhattan. He had a rivalry with Marcel Vigneron during the show, whom he attended culinary school with at the same time.[7] Bravo ranked "The Head Shaving Incident" involving Hall and Vigneron as "probably the biggest scandal in Top Chef history."[8]
In August 2009, he opened his first restaurant, The Gorbals, in downtown Los Angeles.[9] Less than a week after opening, The Gorbals was shut down by the county health department because of an inadequate water heater.[10] It reopened on October 23, 2009, but then permanently closed in 2014.[11][12]
In 2014, Hall opened a second iteration of The Gorbals restaurant in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.[13][14] He redesigned the menu with an Israeli Barbecue concept in 2015 and renamed the restaurant ESH, the Hebrew word for fire.[15] ESH closed in September 2016.
Hall opened Ramen Hood in Los Angeles at Grand Central Market in 2015.[1]
Hall hosted Knife Fight, a cooking competition show on the Esquire Network for four seasons.[16] The show ended in 2017 when NBCUniversal announced it was shutting down the Esquire Network cable channel.[17]
References
- Repanich, Jeremy (17 March 2020). "Here's What All 16 'Top Chef' Winners Are Doing Now". Robb Report. Archived from the original on 11 April 2020. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
- "Matzo Balls Meet Bacon At Top Chef's Restaurant : NPR". M.npr.org. 2011-03-12. Retrieved 2019-03-01.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-10-01. Retrieved 2012-09-06.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- Leventhal, Ben (January 29, 2007). "BREAKING: Top Chef Finale Spoiled AGAIN". Eater LA.
- "Newsday | Long Island's & NYC's News Source". Newsday.
- "Bio at the Top Chef website". Archived from the original on 2007-02-02. Retrieved 2007-02-02.
- Patterson, Spencer (2008-06-05). "Now we're cooking". Las Vegas Weekly. Greenspun Media Group. Retrieved 2008-09-03.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-02-07. Retrieved 2013-02-12.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- "Thegorbalsla - Dunia Sementara, Akhirat Selamanya". Thegorbalsla.
- "Gorbals Boils Over". Zagat.com. September 3, 2009.
- Arfa, Orit (November 4, 2009). "Bacon-wrapped matzvah balls with Top Chef Ilan Hall". JewishJournal.com.
- "The Gorbals (@thegorbals) | Twitter". twitter.com. Retrieved 2016-02-01.
- Houck, Brenna (2014-04-04). "Inside Ilan Hall's Urban Outfitters Restaurant in Brooklyn". Eater. Retrieved 2019-03-01.
- "Information Products Online". thegorbalsbk. Retrieved 2019-03-01.
- "Ilan Hall's The Gorbals Evolves Into Esh, an 'Israeli Barbecue'". Eater NY. Retrieved 2016-02-01.
- Houck, Brenna (2013-08-13). "Watch a Preview for Knife Fight, Premiering Sept. 24". Eater. Retrieved 2019-03-01.
- Daniel Holloway (2017-01-18). "NBCUniversal to Shut Down Esquire Network (EXCLUSIVE) – Variety". Variety.com. Retrieved 2019-03-01.
External links
- Bio at the Top Chef website
- Bravo’s New Top Chef Tells All Review at the Food & Wine website
- Ilan Hall beats Marcel Vigneron to become 'Top Chef 2' champion Article at Realitytvworld.com
- Great Neck to Great Chef? Article at Newsday.com