'Top Chef' tackles the cuisine of Wisconsin in the upcoming season of Bravo's reality cooking show

What it will show the world, say those connected to the state's culinary scene, is that Wisconsin is — yes — cheese, beer, brats and cranberries, but a whole lot more.

People are also reading… Last season, the program started in London, and ended in Paris. This season, while set in Wisconsin, will have its finale on a cruise ship in the Caribbean. Nagano, who last year with his Fairchild partner, Andrew Kroeger, won a James Beard Award for Best Chef Midwest, worked as a sous chef for about four years at Craft,"Top Chef" judge Tom Colicchio's New York City restaurant, and went to area farmer's markets there three times a week.

The show's most highly rated seasons have been in Las Vegas, New York, Chicago, Seattle, Texas, Boston, New Orleans and Miami. Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin kicked in $250,000. Visit Milwaukee gave $250,000, Destination Madison, $150,000, Destination Door County $75,000 and Cranberry Growers of Wisconsin $75,000, according to Hughes.Ellie Westman Chin, president and CEO of Destination Madison, said that when people across the country watch"Top Chef" this season, they will be surprised to learn about the incredible dining scene in Madison and across Wisconsin.

A number of Wisconsin chefs are serving as guest judges for the show, which used Milwaukee and Madison restaurant kitchens for the cooking and their dining rooms for the judging. Jacobs and his business partner, Dan Van Rite, recently earned a sixth James Beard semifinalist nomination in the category of"Best Chef: Midwest," for their work at EsterEv, their Chinese-American, fine-dining restaurant inside DanDan.

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