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		<title>&#8216;Is This House-Brined Pork Hock Gluten-Free?&#8217;: Top Chef Comes to Brooklyn</title>

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<p>Artisinal pickle makers, put down your tempeh and perk up your ears! &lt;em&gt;Top Chef&lt;/em&gt; is casting for its 11th season, and will be <a href="http://www.thebraiser.com/top-chef-season-11-casting-calls/">l</a><a href="http://www.thebraiser.com/top-chef-season-11-casting-calls/">ooking for Brooklynites</a> to add to the show. And where better to hold the quick-fire audition than at <em>Chef </em>alumnus Dale Talde's <a href="http://newyork.seriouseats.com/2012/01/first-look-talde-dale-talde-brooklyn-park-slope-top-chef-opening-nyc.html">new Park Slope restaurant</a>? But what kind of foodies can we expect to show up for the challenge?</p>
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<p>- 1o contestants with food trucks.</p>
<p>-Petite Crevette's Neil Ganic, who will be <a href="http://ny.eater.com/archives/2009/11/brooklyn_chef_goes_ballistic_throws_live_lobster_on_patrons.php">throwing live lobsters</a> at the judges.</p>
<p>- Eddie Huang, <a href="http://observer.com/2012/04/eddie-huang-profile-baohaus-04032012/">obviously</a>.</p>
<p>- <a href="http://suninbloom.wordpress.com/">Sun in Bloom</a>'s Aimee Follette, who will only cook gluten-free bites, no matter how much Padma Lakshmi explains the rules to her.</p>
<p>-Chris Woehrle, who will just be <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/19/magazine/adam-davidson-craft-business.html?_r=0">a total jerk</a>.</p>
<p>-Anyone who has the ability to brine shit.</p>
<p>- The entire <a href="http://brooklynfoodcoalition.org/">Brooklyn Food Coalition</a>.</p>
<p>- The <a href="http://www.yelp.com/biz/the-empanada-lady-brooklyn-2">Empanada Lady</a>.</p>
<p>-Anyone with <a href="http://gothamist.com/2011/09/20/hipster_chef_opening_artisanal_mayo.php">a mason jar and a dream</a>.</p>
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<p>Artisinal pickle makers, put down your tempeh and perk up your ears! &lt;em&gt;Top Chef&lt;/em&gt; is casting for its 11th season, and will be <a href="http://www.thebraiser.com/top-chef-season-11-casting-calls/">l</a><a href="http://www.thebraiser.com/top-chef-season-11-casting-calls/">ooking for Brooklynites</a> to add to the show. And where better to hold the quick-fire audition than at <em>Chef </em>alumnus Dale Talde's <a href="http://newyork.seriouseats.com/2012/01/first-look-talde-dale-talde-brooklyn-park-slope-top-chef-opening-nyc.html">new Park Slope restaurant</a>? But what kind of foodies can we expect to show up for the challenge?</p>
<p><!--more--></p>
<p>- 1o contestants with food trucks.</p>
<p>-Petite Crevette's Neil Ganic, who will be <a href="http://ny.eater.com/archives/2009/11/brooklyn_chef_goes_ballistic_throws_live_lobster_on_patrons.php">throwing live lobsters</a> at the judges.</p>
<p>- Eddie Huang, <a href="http://observer.com/2012/04/eddie-huang-profile-baohaus-04032012/">obviously</a>.</p>
<p>- <a href="http://suninbloom.wordpress.com/">Sun in Bloom</a>'s Aimee Follette, who will only cook gluten-free bites, no matter how much Padma Lakshmi explains the rules to her.</p>
<p>-Chris Woehrle, who will just be <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/19/magazine/adam-davidson-craft-business.html?_r=0">a total jerk</a>.</p>
<p>-Anyone who has the ability to brine shit.</p>
<p>- The entire <a href="http://brooklynfoodcoalition.org/">Brooklyn Food Coalition</a>.</p>
<p>- The <a href="http://www.yelp.com/biz/the-empanada-lady-brooklyn-2">Empanada Lady</a>.</p>
<p>-Anyone with <a href="http://gothamist.com/2011/09/20/hipster_chef_opening_artisanal_mayo.php">a mason jar and a dream</a>.</p>
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