Hottest Chef Round 1 Cont: Izard, Flanigan, Curren, Des Rosiers, Oloroso, DeGuzman

The first round eliminations in Eater's Hottest Chefs Competition continues. Over the weekend, Graham Elliot exec chef Merlin Verrier jumped ahead of Hearty Boy Dan Smith to grab a spot in the second round, which will see six chefs duke it out later this week.

Meanwhile, today we're matching up Jessie Oloroso (Black Dog Gelato), Jesse DeGuzman (Sunda), Stephanie Izard (Girl & The Goat), Chris Curren (Blue 13/Elate), John Des Rosiers (inovasi) and Dirk Flanigan (The Gage/Henri). Bring on the votes!