Now that Top Chef season 19 is airing, we’ve compiled the Instagram accounts for each contestant for fans to follow their favorites.

Top Chef is one of the best cooking shows on television right now, showing off some of the nation’s best chefs competing against each other for a grand prize of $250,000. In each episode, chefs compete individually or in teams in a Quickfire Challenge, which provides its winners with immunity or advantages in future challenges, and an Elimination Challenge.

The 19th season of Top Chef began March 3, 2022, and as audiences begin to pick their favorite chefs, they might be wondering where they can find out more about their favorites. All 15 contestants are active on Instagram, where they post about their food, their experiences on Top Chef, and their everyday lives.

Ashleigh Shanti

Ashleigh is a resident of Asheville, NC, where she is the chef and owner of Good Hot Fish. She is definitely a rising star, earning the 2019 Eater Young Gun award and being a finalist for the 2020 James Beard Rising Star Chef of the Year award.

Fans interested in finding out more about Ashleigh and following her during and beyond Top Chef can find her on Instagram using the username @foodordeath_.

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Buddha Lo

Buddha is an Australian native currently living in Brooklyn, New York. He works as the executive chef of Huso, the top restaurant inside Marky’s Caviar. After finishing culinary school, Buddha has worked at 2 three Michelin-starred restaurants: Gordon Ramsay in London and Eleven Madison Park in New York City.

Fans interested in finding out more about Buddha and following him during and beyond Top Chef can find him on Instagram using the username @buddha__lo.

Damarr Brown

Damarr is a resident of Chicago, where he works as the chef de cuisine at Virtue. Damarr formalized his culinary skills at Le Cordon Bleu and went on to work at some of Chicago’s best restaurants, including mk, the Capital Grille, and Roister.

Fans interested in finding out more about Damarr and following him during and beyond Top Chef can find him on Instagram using the username @browndamarr.

Evelyn Garcia

Evelyn is a Houston native, which will no doubt be a benefit to her during this season of Top Chef. After perfecting her skills and interests in New York, she returned to Houston to open Kin HTX, a Southeast Asian restaurant that she serves as chef and co-owner of.

Fans interested in finding out more about Evelyn and following her during and beyond Top Chef can find her on Instagram using the username @chefevelyngarcia.

Jackson Kalb

Jackson is a resident of Los Angeles, where he owns and operates two restaurants, with a third in the works. He is the chef and owner of Jame Enoteca and Ospi, the chef and partner of Wake & Late, and plans to open Gemma di Mare later this year. Jackson’s early successes on the show may inspire fans to seek out his restaurants to dine at in the future, as they have other top chefs in the past.

Fans interested in finding out more about Jackson and following him during and beyond Top Chef can find him on Instagram using the username @jacksonkalb.

Jae Jung

Jae is a Korean native who moved to the United States to attend the Culinary Institute of America. After graduating, she moved to New Orleans and began developing the Korean-Cajun fusion she serves at KJUN, the New York-based restaurant that she is chef and owner of. KJUN recently was named one of the Best New Restaurants in New York by Bloomberg Pursuits.

Fans interested in finding out more about Jae and following her during and beyond Top Chef can find her on Instagram using the username @chefjaejung.

Jo Chan

Originally from California, Jo has traveled while perfecting her skills before landing in Austin, Texas as the executive chef of Eberly. One notable part of her culinary journey was working in Scandinavia for James Beard winner Marcus Samuelsson.

Fans interested in finding out more about Jo and following her during and beyond Top Chef can find her on Instagram using the username @chefjochan.

Leia Gaccione

Leia is a New Jersey resident and the chef/owner of south + pine American eatery. Top Chef is not her first experience with cooking on television, having appeared on Iron Chef AmericaBeat Bobby FlayIron Chef Showdown, and Chopped. In addition, she is the host of Her Name Is Chefa documentary that Top Chef fans have to check out.

Fans interested in finding out more about Leia and following her during and beyond Top Chef can find her on Instagram using the username @leiagaccione.

Luke Kolpin

Luke is a resident of Seattle, Washington, where he plans to open his own restaurant with his take on Northwestern food. A notable part of his career trajectory was working under Chef Rene Redzepi at the three Michelin-starred Noma in Denmark.

Fans interested in finding out more about Luke and following him during and beyond Top Chef can find him on Instagram using the username @lukekolpin.

Monique Feybesse

Monique is a San Francisco native currently living in Vallejo, California. She has quite an illustrious career, including working in Paris as part of the opening team for Pavillon Ledoyen, which earned three Michelin stars in its first year. Currently, she works as the chef and owner of Tarts de Feybesse.

Fans interested in finding out more about Monique and following her during and beyond Top Chef can find her on Instagram using the username @moniquefeybesse.

Nick Wallace

Nick is a Mississippi resident who loves the state’s culture and cuisine. He is the founder and chef of multiple restaurants, including Nick Wallace Culinary, Nick Wallace Catering, and Nissan Café by Nick Wallace, with CHURN Creameries to be a future addition. He blends farm foods with French cooking methods to create a specific local cuisine that won him the honor of Best Chef of Mississippi.

Fans interested in finding out more about Nick and following him during and beyond Top Chef can find him on Instagram using the username @nickwallaceculinary.

Robert Hernandez

Robert is a California native who currently works as a private chef. While he was working in the public, Robert worked his way up to being chef de cuisine at the one Michelin-starred Octavia, as well as being recognized as San Fransisco’s 2019 Rising Star Chef. Robert’s early successes on the show mean he is well on his way to being a Top Chef fan favorite.

Fans interested in finding out more about Robert and following him during and beyond Top Chef can find him on Instagram using the username @chefroberthernandez.

Sam Kang

Sam is a California native who moved to New York to take on the culinary world. He worked at Momofuku Ko, a two Michelin-starred restaurant, as well as Eleven Madison Park, which has three Michelin stars. In recent years, he has shifted his culinary career to focus on educating children about food and nutrition.

Fans interested in finding out more about Sam and following him during and beyond Top Chef can find him on Instagram using the username @chefsamkang.

Sarah Welch

Sarah is a Michigan native, who has quite the career behind her. She is currently the executive chef and a founding member of Marrow, a restaurant voted a semi-finalist for Best New Restaurant by the James Beard Foundation in 2019. She is also the co-founder of seafood restaurant Mink in Detroit. As of 2020, Sarah was a James Beard Foundation semi-finalist for Best Chef in the Great Lakes.

Fans interested in finding out more about Sarah and following her during and beyond Top Chef can find her on Instagram using the username @chefwelch.

Stephanie Miller

Stephanie is a native of Bismark, North Dakota, and is dedicated to elevating her state’s cuisine. She worked at James Beard-nominated Piccolo and Minneapolis’s Best Italian Restaurant of 2016, Italian Eatery, before opening her own restaurants. She is currently the chef and owner of Butterhorn and owner of Shelter Belt. Despite having a poor showing on the first two episodes, Stephanie is definitely a fantastic chef worth following.

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Top Chef Season 19 Episode 06 Description Texas Trailblaze-hers All-stars Nini Nguyen and Kelsey Barnard-Clark present the chefs with a Talenti twist for this Quickfire Challenge. Working in pairs, they must create salty-sweet desserts that will inspire a new flavor of Talenti gelato. In the Elimination Challenge, the chefs must draw inspiration from the lives […]