Dale Levitski Explained

Dale Levitski
Birth Name:Dale Levitski
Birth Place:Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Prevrests:
  • Sinema, Nashville (2014–2016)
Television:

Dale Levitski is an American chef and television personality. He is a former Top Chef television series alum.

Career

Television

Dale Levitski competed on Top Chef season 3. After having been one of the runners-up to Hung Huynh (along with Casey Thompson), Levitski was invited to compete again on Top Chef season 8 among the All-Stars.[1] He was eliminated in the third episode.

Chicago

After leaving the TV show, it took Levitski 18 months to get going on his next project. He rebounded to open Sprout in 2009, garnering praise, three stars from the Chicago Tribune, and a semifinalist nod from the James Beard Foundation for Best Chef: Midwest, something that might be considered a coup considering the glut of competition in the brutally tough Chicago-centric category."[2] A year after Sprout opened, the restaurant received a three star rating from the Chicago Tribune and also was named by Chicago Magazine as a Best Restaurant.[3] [4] Levitski also opened a bistro called Frog n' Snail. Levitski started to have failing health due to the stress of the two restaurants. He decided to leave Chicago, and the two restaurants closed after his departure.[5] [6]

Nashville

In 2014 Levitski moved from Chicago to Nashville, Tennessee, and opened a new restaurant called Sinema in the old Melrose Theater.[7] He left the project in 2016.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Chicago's Dale Levitski Gives "Top Chef" Another Go. NBC Chicago. December 2010 . 23 February 2015.
  2. Web site: Celebrity chef Dale Levitski talks about his move to Nashville to helm Sinema. Nashville Scene. 23 February 2015.
  3. Web site: Q& with Top Chef All-Star Dale Levitski. https://web.archive.org/web/20171105040743/http://chicagoist.com/2010/11/12/you_might_say_its_the.php. dead. 5 November 2017. Chicagoist. 23 February 2015.
  4. Web site: Dale Levitski. Bravo TV Official Site. 25 June 2012 . 23 February 2015.
  5. Web site: Dale Levitski Heading to Music City. Eater Chicago. April 2014 . 23 February 2015.
  6. Web site: After Levitski Leaves and Sprout Shutters, Frog N Snail Closes Too. Eater Chicago. 14 January 2014 . 23 February 2015.
  7. Web site: 'Top Chef' alum Dale Levitski to lead Nashville eatery. 1 April 2014. The Tennessean. 23 February 2015.