Top Chefheads to Kentucky! A sneak peek at season 16

Top Chefis heading to Kentucky and now there’s a sneak peek of what fans can expect from season 16 of the Bravo reality cooking competition.

The Emmy and James Beard Award-winning series will kick off the new season with two weeks of supersized premieres, beginning Dec. 6 at 9 p.m.

ET, and will feature 15 new chefs from across the country who will compete in competitions set all over the state of Kentucky, including the cities of Louisville, Lexington, and Lake Cumberland, before heading to China for an epic finale showdown in Macau.

Padma Lakshmiwill return as host, and head judge Tom Colicchio will be joined by Graham Elliot, Nilou Motamed, and Gail Simmons.

Here’s the full list of contestants and their hometowns:

Eric Adjepong Washington, DCSara Bradley Paducah, KYKelsey Barnard Clark Dothan, ALEdmund “Eddie” Konrad Philadelphia, PAPablo Lamon Miami Beach, FLNatalie Maronski Philadelphia, PAMichelle Minori San Francisco, CANini Nguyen Brooklyn, NYBrandon Rosen San Mateo, CAKevin Scharpf Dubuque, IACaitlin Steininger Cincinnati, OHJustin Sutherland St. Paul, MNDavid Viana Asbury Park, NJAdrienne Wright Boston, MABrian Young Boston, MA