Voting in Eater's fourth annual Hottest Chefs Competition continues today, with the eighth heat of the first round. Today Robert Truitt, the pastry chef at Ai Fiori, faces down Marcus Jernmark, executive chef of Aquavit, Zahra Tangorra, the chef and owner of Brucie in Cobble Hill, and Luke Holden, the chef and owner of Luke's Lobster.
The victor of this heat will face the winners of the other seven first round battles: Junoon's Vikas Khanna, Wong's Blake Joyal, former Top Cheffer Ashley Merriman, King's Francis Derby, Michael Chernow of The Meatball Shop, Pure Food & Wine's Sarma Melngailis, and yesterday's winner, Jeff Held of Blue Smoke BPC.