July 16, 2010 - Hour 1

The Anthony McCarthy Show
Synopsis

Top Chef contestant Timothy Dean

Owner/Chef of Prime Steak House in Baltimore, Timothy Dean began his career as a kitchen dishwasher. Now he is a worldclass chef with an illustrious career including being a major contender in the current season of the popular BRAVO cooking competition Top Chef.

Timothy spent 12 years working on and off with the late, great chef, Jean-Louis Palladin, first at Jean-Louis in the famed Watergate Hotel, and later as Chef de Cuisine at Palladin in New York City.  A graduate of Howard University, he was named the university’s Young Entrepreneur of the Year in 2000. His favorite dishes are Maine lobster with mac & cheese and shaved black truffles and pan seared Hudson Valley foie gras with rhubarb and 20-year-old Port wine sauce.

Dean joins Anthony to talk about the competition, how it felt to be sent home too soon and what's next for this rising chef superstar.