Bio
Dale Talde is an American chef who was a contestant on the fourth season of the reality television competition Top Chef, in 2008. He returned to the show to compete in Top Chef: All Stars, from 2010-2011.
Top Chef Bio
Dale, a sous chef at Buddakan, one of New York's hottest restaurants, was born and raised in Chicago, where he helped open the renowned restaurant Jean Georges Vong. In Chicago, Dale worked with distinguished chefs like Carrie Nahabedian and Shawn Mcclain.
With his Filipino background, Dale focuses on Asian flavours. "I love the balance that Asian cuisine offers the salty, sweet, bitter and sour and the textures it provides for different experiences in every bite."
One of Dale's kitchen favorites is a dry aged kobe rib eye. Dale says cooking meats is one of his favourite things to do in the kitchen and the technique that goes into properly searing and basting a rack of lamb or steak shows a lot of love.
A motto that drives Dale is "expect perfection, because if you fall short your left with greatness."