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Host Terry Crews with judges Alex Guarnaschelli and Nick DiGiovanni in front of all contestants #1 - Justin Rowland, #2 - Antoinette Gangi, #3 - Maria Carrillo, #4 - Connor Bloch, #5 - Matt Santos, #6 - Yvette Marquez, #7 - Alexandra Jack, #8- Justin LaCalamita, #9 - Manny Washington Jr, #10 - Liz Della Croce, #11- Kayla Zenner, #12 - “Gena Je” Jefferson, #13 - Jordan Ngatikaura, #14 - Keloni Kamalani, #15 - Brooke Esposito, #16 - Mark Canha, #17 - Maya Christian, #18 - Aria Christian, #19 - Angel Gutierrez, #20 - Nikki Apostolou, #21 - Matthew Han, #22 - Scott Russell, #23 - Sophia Russell, #24 - Danielle Caminiti, #25 - Zo Laspada, #26 - Andrea Russett, #27- Alex Phillips, #28 - Ana Nelson, #29 - Marcus Wilson, #30 - Nupur Mehta, #31 - Melanie Pelaez, #32 - Matthew Rubin, #33 - Chris Joe , #34- Maxine Chikumbo, #35 - Eileen Kelly, #36 - Leanna Pierre, #37 - Jacques-Elie Pierre, #38 - Amy Decker, #39 - Bryce Stubbs, #40- Genevieve ‘GiGi” Ashworth, #41- Zac Bates, #42 - Christine Lee, #43 - Eduardo Herrera, #44 - Johnnie Vassar, #45 - Fariyal Bhatti, #46 - Steel Russell, #47 - Priya Lakshminarayan, #48 - Raphaella Silva, #49 - Asa Glass, #50 - CJ Volkmann, #51- Josh Williams, #52 - Bella Castillo, #53 - Tani Belliston, #54 - Sruly Meyer, #55 - Brianna Conley, #56 - Jeff McCoy, #57 - Evie Hernandez, #58 - Sherry Sabbagh, #59 - Brian Mellott, #60 - Cody Spaulding, #61 - George Deacon, #62 - Charly Hang, #63 - Alexia Digiglio Mancini, #64 - Lisa Gilmore, #65 - Sheyna Patel, #66 - Douglas Chau, #67 - Jackie Vitiello, #68 - Ciria Gibbons, #69 - Kim Sherry, #70 - Bill Roberts, #71 - Melanie Cagle, #72 - Glen Kvadus, #73 - Andrew Gonzalez, #74 - Emily Teuscher, #75 - Juan Givens, Jr., #76 - Rachel Feeney, #77 - Nicholas Perrone, #78 - Jacob Knight, #79 - Thomas Meyer, #80 - Marissa Mejia Panis, #81 - Michele Monroe, #82 - Chris Dorrah, #83 - Nick Altieri, #84 - Kim Alexander, #85 - Elyse Borchardt, #86 - Thomas Sullivan, #87 - Clarice “Rece” Eze, #88 - Arya Fakhimi, #89 - Matt Goodman, #90 - Lauren Leblanc, #91 - Soo Naert, #92 - Tarun Sinha, #93 - Troy Garner, #94 - Susie Weinrich, #95 - Holley Francis, #96 - Gerry Glenn, #97 - Eric Bridges, #98 - Hannah Baxter, #99 - Kyra Hungerford, #100 - Mike Martin, as seen on 100 Cooks, Season 1.

The next great home cook could be someone you know.

Photo by: Rob Pryce

Rob Pryce

The next great home cook could be someone you know.

Show: 100 Cooks

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In 100 Cooks, host Terry Crews welcomed 100 of America’s elite home cooks to one of the largest culinary showdowns in TV history, where they were randomly selected to face off in challenges ranging from fast-paced food trivia contests to full-on 30-minute cooking battles.

Do you have a friend or family member who's an incredible home cook? Or maybe you're a terrific home cook yourself? In honor of 100 Cooks, you can nominate someone — including yourself! Click the link below to start the process — you'll need to enter you or your nominee's date-of-birth (you must be 18 or older to apply) to get started, then fill out a form with a series of questions about you or your fave cook, including your or their specialty in the kitchen, social links and more.

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