Ilan Hall

Ilan Hall
Ilan Hall in the kitchen at the Gorbels in 2010.
Born
Ilan D. Hall

Great Neck, New York, U.S.
EducationCulinary Institute of America
Culinary career
Cooking styleSpanish, Israeli, Fusion
Current restaurant(s)
    • Ramen Hood, Los Angeles (2015–present)
Previous restaurant(s)
    • The Gorbals, Los Angeles (2009–2014),
    • The Gorbals, Williamsburg, Brooklyn (2014–2015),
    • ESH, Williamsburg, Brooklyn (2014–2016),
    • Casa Mono, New York City (2006–?)
Television show(s)

Ilan D. Hall is an American chef, television personality, and restaurateur. He won the second season of Top Chef, and is owner-chef of Ramen Hood in Los Angeles.[1]

Early life and education

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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).[7]

Career

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In 2007, 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, with whom he attended culinary school simultaneously.[8] Bravo ranked "The Head Shaving Incident" involving Hall and Vigneron as "probably the biggest scandal in Top Chef history."[9]

In August 2009, he opened his first restaurant, The Gorbals, in downtown Los Angeles.[10] Less than a week after opening, The county health department shut down The Gorbals because of an inadequate water heater.[11] It reopened on October 23, 2009, but then permanently closed in 2014.[12][13]

In 2014, Hall opened a second iteration of The Gorbals restaurant in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.[14][15] He redesigned the menu with an Israeli barbecue concept in 2015 and renamed the restaurant ESH, the Hebrew word for fire.[16] 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.[17][18] The show ended in 2017 when NBCUniversal announced it was shutting down the Esquire Network cable channel.[19]

References

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  1. ^ a b 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.
  2. ^ "Matzo Balls Meet Bacon At Top Chef's Restaurant : NPR". M.npr.org. 2011-03-12. Retrieved 2019-03-01.
  3. ^ "Top 20 Under 40 los Angeles- Ilan Hall - Page1 - Shalom Life USA". Archived from the original on 2012-10-01. Retrieved 2012-09-06.
  4. ^ Leventhal, Ben (January 29, 2007). "BREAKING: Top Chef Finale Spoiled AGAIN". Eater LA.
  5. ^ "Newsday | Long Island's & NYC's News Source". Newsday.
  6. ^ "Bio at the Top Chef website". Archived from the original on 2007-02-02. Retrieved 2007-02-02.
  7. ^ "Chef Ilan Hall '02, International Food Ambassador". CIA Culinary School. 2011-05-24. Retrieved 2022-07-11.
  8. ^ Patterson, Spencer (2008-06-05). "Now we're cooking". Las Vegas Weekly. Greenspun Media Group. Retrieved 2008-09-03.
  9. ^ "Top Chef Season 9 - 'Top Chef's Biggest Scandals of All Time - Photo Gallery - Bravo TV Official Site". Archived from the original on 2012-02-07. Retrieved 2013-02-12.
  10. ^ "Thegorbalsla - Dunia Sementara, Akhirat Selamanya". Thegorbalsla.
  11. ^ "Gorbals Boils Over". Zagat.com. September 3, 2009.
  12. ^ Arfa, Orit (November 4, 2009). "Bacon-wrapped matzvah balls with Top Chef Ilan Hall". JewishJournal.com.
  13. ^ "The Gorbals (@thegorbals) | Twitter". twitter.com. Retrieved 2016-02-01.
  14. ^ Houck, Brenna (2014-04-04). "Inside Ilan Hall's Urban Outfitters Restaurant in Brooklyn". Eater. Retrieved 2019-03-01.
  15. ^ "Information Products Online". thegorbalsbk. Retrieved 2019-03-01.
  16. ^ "Ilan Hall's The Gorbals Evolves Into Esh, an 'Israeli Barbecue'". Eater NY. 2 December 2015. Retrieved 2016-02-01.
  17. ^ "'Top Chef' Winners: Where Are They Now?". Us Weekly. 2021-07-02. Retrieved 2022-07-11.
  18. ^ Houck, Brenna (2013-08-13). "Watch a Preview for Knife Fight, Premiering Sept. 24". Eater. Retrieved 2019-03-01.
  19. ^ Daniel Holloway (2017-01-18). "NBCUniversal to Shut Down Esquire Network (EXCLUSIVE) – Variety". Variety.com. Retrieved 2019-03-01.
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