Top Chef in the Rockies
03 Dec 2017
Show highlights food in Colorado
Utensils down, everybody, because Top Chef finished filming its 15th season over the summer, and it takes place in Boulder, Denver and Telluride. Local restaurateurs are excited to see Colorado featured on the show—it lends the state recognition as a bona-fide foodie destination, which may attract tourism and the culinary conventions that usually favor cities like New York, Los Angeles and Chicago. Judge Padma Lakshmi has already raved about Departure, the Denver restaurant where past Top Chef contestant Gregory Gourdet cooks up modern Asian cuisine, and the show’s spotlight will also draw attention to Colorado’s culinary resources, such as peaches, lamb, cheese and wine.
—By Sara Bruskin
