Carla Hall Biography

Fast Facts

• Graduated from Howard University with a business degree before pursuing cooking school at L'Academie de Cuisine in Maryland
• Initially a CPA, she left accounting in the late '80s to pursue modeling in Europe before turning to cooking
• Quote: "When people ask 'What is your food style?', I just want to create food memories․ I want something that just really makes me feel hugged․"
• Quote: "One thing I love about being a chef is nurturing other people․ The way that I nurture other people, that is what I want to do with food․"
• Began her cooking career as the owner of Lunch Bunch, a lunch delivery service in Washington, D․C․ before attending chef school four years later
• Named co-host of ABC's "The Chew" in 2011, a food-centered daytime talk show
• Gained widespread acclaim after making her first appearance on Bravo's "Top Chef" in 2008 as a participant on the show's fifth season and later on the eighth season
• Named 'Fan Favorite' for season eight of "Top Chef"