'Top Chef: Just Desserts' Season 2 Premieres Tonight (Watch a Preview)

'Top Chef: Just Desserts' Season 2 Premieres Tonight (Watch a Preview) 14 pastry chefs will once again go head to head tonight in the season two premiere of the sugary sweet version of the "Top Chef" franchise, "Top Chef: Just Desserts."

Gail Simmons is back as host of the show, and Johnny Iuzzini, Executive Pastry Chef at Jean Georges, returns as head judge. Foodie icon Hubert Keller will be joined on the judging panel by Dannielle Kyrillos, Contributing Editor of Food Republic.

Simmons told iVillage in a recent interview that viewers should expect "surprise visits from incredible personalities in the worlds of music and movies such as Adam 'Ad-Rock' Horovitz of the Beastie Boys, the original cast of 'Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory''" and more.

Seriously? Ad Roc? I thought he was more of a hot sauce guy?!

Anyway, as per usual, according to Bravo, "the winning chef will receive $100,000 furnished by KitchenAid, a feature in Food & Wine magazine and a showcase at the Annual Food & Wine Cayman Cookout."

Below is a list of all the pastry "cheftestants," and their bios can be found here:

  • Amanda Rockman, 29 – Hometown: Katy, Texas – Resides in Chicago, Ill.
  • Carlos Enriquez, 33 – Hometown: Los Angeles, Calif. –Resides in Las Vegas, Nev.
  • Chris Hanmer, 33 – Hometown: Costa Mesa, Calif. – Resides in Las Vegas, Nev.
  • Craig Poirier, 25 – Hometown: Derry, N.H. - Resides in Las Vegas, Nev.
  • Katzie Guy-Hamilton, 24 – Hometown: Worcester, Mass. - Resides in New York, N.Y.
  • Lina Biancamano, 37 – Hometown: Phoenix, Ariz. - Resides in Fort Worth, Texas
  • Matthew Petersen, 32 – Hometown: Dublin, Pa. - Resides in Arlington, Va.
  • Megan Ketover, 31 – Hometown/ Resides In: Cincinnati, Ohio
  • Melissa Camacho, 30 – Hometown: Port-au-Prince, Haiti – Resides in New York , N.Y.
  • Nelson Paz, 33 – Hometown: Buenos Aires, Argentina - Resides in Boston, Mass.
  • Orlando Santos, 32 – Hometown: St. Croix, US Virgin Islands - Resides in Pittsburgh, Pa.
  • Rebecca Masson, 39 – Hometown: Laramie, Wyo. –Resides in Houston, Texas
  • Sally Camacho, 31 – Hometown/ Resides In: Los Angeles, Calif.
  • Vanarin Kuch, 26 – Hometown/ Resides In: Houston, Texas

Check out a Willy Wonka-rific preview of season two of "Top Chef: Just Desserts":