Harold Dieterle

Harold Dieterle III is an American top chef, best known as the winner of the first season of Bravo's Top Chef. Born on June 11, 1977, in West Babylon, New York, Dieterle attended West Babylon High School and graduated from the Culinary Institute of America in 1997. He began his professional career at Della Femina in the Hamptons, followed by positions at Red Bar and 1770 House in New York City. Dieterle then spent almost five years as a sous-chef at The Harrison restaurant. After winning Top Chef in October 2005, he left The Harrison in early 2006. Dieterle went on to own and run three restaurants in New York City, including Perilla, Kin Shop, and The Marrow. In 2019, he opened a new restaurant called Ten Hope in Williamsburg.