Round 1: Cohen, Seidel, Haugen, Benkritly, Angulo

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• Andreas Seidel of Live Bait
• Leah Cohen of Pig and Khao
• Eric Haugen of The Lambs Club
• Mehdi-Brunet Benkritly of Fedora
• Ryan Angulo of Buttermilk Channel

Voting in Eater's 5th Annual Hottest Chef Competition begins right now. You might want to take your sweater off, because it's going to get toasty in here. In this round: Live Bait's Andreas Seidel, Fedora's Mehdi Brunet-Benkritly, The Lambs Club's Eric Haugen, Buttermilk Channel's Ryan Angulo, and Pig and Khao's Leah Cohen. Scope out the hot looks from these hot cooks in the gallery above, and place your vote below. This poll will close at 11:30 a.m.

The two chefs with the most votes will roll on to the semifinals.

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