Ilan Hall Explained

Ilan Hall
Birth Name:Ilan D. Hall
Birth Place:Great Neck, New York, U.S.
Style:Spanish, Israeli, Fusion
Education:Culinary Institute of America
Restaurants:
  • Ramen Hood, Los Angeles (2015–present)
Prevrests:
  • The Gorbals, Los Angeles (2009–2014),
  • The Gorbals, Williamsburg, Brooklyn (2014–2015),
  • ESH, Williamsburg, Brooklyn (2014–2016),
  • Casa Mono, New York City (2006–?)
Television:

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

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

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]

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Repanich . Jeremy . Here's What All 16 'Top Chef' Winners Are Doing Now . 21 April 2020 . Robb Report . 17 March 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200411220315/https://robbreport.com/food-drink/dining/top-chef-winners-2018-where-now-2832819/ . 11 April 2020 . en.
  2. Web site: Matzo Balls Meet Bacon At Top Chef's Restaurant : NPR . M.npr.org . 2011-03-12 . 2019-03-01.
  3. Web site: Top 20 Under 40 los Angeles- Ilan Hall - Page1 - Shalom Life USA . 2012-09-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121001183815/http://us.shalomlife.com/culture/17864/top-20-under-40-los-angeles-ilan-hall/ . 2012-10-01 . dead .
  4. Web site: BREAKING: Top Chef Finale Spoiled AGAIN. Ben. Leventhal. January 29, 2007. Eater LA.
  5. Web site: Newsday | Long Island's & NYC's News Source. Newsday.
  6. Web site: Bio at the Top Chef website . 2007-02-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070202025330/http://www.bravotv.com/Top_Chef_2/bios/ilan_hall.shtml . 2007-02-02 . dead .
  7. Web site: 2011-05-24 . Chef Ilan Hall '02, International Food Ambassador . 2022-07-11 . CIA Culinary School . en-US.
  8. News: Spencer . Patterson . Now we're cooking . Las Vegas Weekly . Greenspun Media Group . 2008-06-05 . 2008-09-03.
  9. Web site: Top Chef Season 9 - 'Top Chef's Biggest Scandals of All Time - Photo Gallery - Bravo TV Official Site . 2013-02-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120207205235/http://www.bravotv.com/top-chef/season-9/photos/must-see-moments/top-chefs-biggest-scandals-of-all-time#image-106638 . 2012-02-07 . dead .
  10. Web site: Thegorbalsla - Dunia Sementara, Akhirat Selamanya. Thegorbalsla.
  11. News: Gorbals Boils Over . Zagat.com . September 3, 2009 .
  12. Web site: Arfa, Orit . Bacon-wrapped matzvah balls with Top Chef Ilan Hall . JewishJournal.com . November 4, 2009 .
  13. Web site: The Gorbals (@thegorbals) Twitter. twitter.com. 2016-02-01.
  14. Web site: Houck . Brenna . Inside Ilan Hall's Urban Outfitters Restaurant in Brooklyn . Eater . 2014-04-04 . 2019-03-01.
  15. Web site: Information Products Online . thegorbalsbk . 2019-03-01.
  16. Web site: Ilan Hall's The Gorbals Evolves Into Esh, an 'Israeli Barbecue'. Eater NY. 2 December 2015 . 2016-02-01.
  17. Web site: 2021-07-02 . 'Top Chef' Winners: Where Are They Now? . 2022-07-11 . Us Weekly . en-US.
  18. Web site: Houck . Brenna . Watch a Preview for Knife Fight, Premiering Sept. 24 . Eater . 2013-08-13 . 2019-03-01.
  19. Web site: Daniel Holloway . NBCUniversal to Shut Down Esquire Network (EXCLUSIVE) – Variety . Variety.com . 2017-01-18 . 2019-03-01.

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