Hot Chef Kurt Ramborger Faces Off Against Seattle

You guys are so good at voting for Kurt "The Irish Chef" Ramborger in Eater's Hottest Chef in America competition! Last week the ViUDA Bistro chef beat Portland's Greg Gourdet in the first round of national competition, and today he's up against Seattle's Brian Walczyk. Voting ends tomorrow at noon.

In the meantime, watch Ramborger in his first-ever video blog after the jump, wherein he signs (he's deaf, haven't you heard?) the story of his twenty-year career in restaurants, starting as a dishwasher, moving around from Seattle to California and elsewhere, working his way up to his executive chef position at ViUDA Bistro. A friend of Ramborger's has sub-titled the video for non-Signers.

Video: Subtitled of Mo First Vlog: Journey of My Chef's Life

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