Kevin Sbraga competing on Top Chef D.C.

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Kevin Sbraga competing on Top Chef D.C.

POSTED: Thursday, May 13, 2010, 8:07 PM
Filed Under: Chef Salad | Food TV | Top Chef
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Chef Kevin Sbraga of Hamilton, New Jersey's Stephen Starr-helmed Rat's Restaurant will be one of 17 cheftestants competing on Top Chef D.C., which debuts Wednesday, June 16. (We actually just spotted the guy eating lunch at El Rey earlier today.) Here's his bio, from Bravo's website:
A self-proclaimed "beast in the kitchen" with unrivaled knife skills, Kevin is currently the Executive Chef at Rat's at the Grounds for Sculpture in Hamilton, NJ, which is managed by Stephen Starr. After earning his BS of Culinary Arts from Johnson and Wales in Miami, Kevin went on to become the Chef de Cuisine at The Grill at Philadelphia's Ritz-Carlton Hotel and was included in the 2007 list of "Top 10 Chefs" by Philadelphia Style magazine. In 2008, Kevin served as the Culinary Director of Garces Restaurant Group and was named winner of Best Meat Presentation at Bocuse d'Or USA. This African American, Italian chef declares he's the "Barack Obama of the cooking game" and wants to prove that "he can."

Molly Eichel
Posted 2010-05-13 15:49:05
Oh Kevin, I don't know how to pronounce your last name but that Obama + your overall look makes me want to give you a hug!

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Posted 2010-09-16 16:47:19
[...] Our dude Kevin Sbraga, the Willingboro native who we’ve been calling Jersey Kev on this blog since Day 1, took home Season 7 of Top Chef like a damn boss! And Brendan Fraser goes WILD! I’ll be honest — as I touched on last week, I had this weird feeling that the sensationalized treatment of fellow finalist Angelo’s freak ailment in the episode previews was something of a death knell for both Kev and New York-based chef Ed — what better storyline for the drama-guzzling sluts of the Bravo network than a lanky, peculiar half-Dominican chef rising from the dead on his Latino Lazarus grind to outcook two competitors not afflicted by unidentified Southeast Asian parasitic invasion?! I’m glad they didn’t go there, I’m glad I was wrong, and most of all, I’m glad that this season’s belt — unlike some otherrrrrr seasons — was scooped up not only by a chef who represented well in the final challenge, but did his thing throughout the span of the always-preposterous Top Chef season, as well. [...] 
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