Bravo’s wildly popular, enduring “Top Chef” competition series launched in 2006 in the foodie capital of San Francisco without a single local “cheftestant.” But in the… ...

“Top Chef” begins a new season on March 13 and, as so often happens, some of the star contestants hail from the Bay Area. On Season 22, viewers will meet Anna “Anya” El-Wattar who worked ...

Article continues below this ad Chef-owner Monique Feybesse stocks the display case at Tarts de Feybesse during the opening of the new French patisserie in Oakland, Calif., on Nov. 17, 2024.

‘Top Chef' winner to open Bay Area restaurant By NBC Bay Area staff • Published March 26, 2025 • Updated on March 26, 2025 at 10:15 am BOOKMARKER ...

Madeline Wells is a senior food reporter at SFGATE, where she has covered the Bay Area restaurant scene since 2019. Her column "Eat Like a Tourist" won a San Francisco Press Club award in 2023.