Padma Lakshmi Host Wolfgang Puck Judge Hugh Acheson Judge Emeril Lagasse Judge Lizzie Binder Contestant Tina Bourbeau Contestant Chrissy Camba Contestant Micah Fields Contestant Jeffrey Jew Contestant Gina Keatley Contestant Danyele McPherson Contestant Daniel O'Brien Contestant Carla Pellegrino Contestant Jorel Pierce Contestant Sheldon Simeon Contestant Joshua Valentine Contestant Bart Vandaele Contestant Tyler Wiard Contestant Brooke Williamson Contestant Kuniko Yagi Contestant Dan Cutforth Executive Producer Jane Lipsitz Executive Producer