Stephanie Cmar


Stephanie Cmar is an American private chef and was a competitor on three seasons of Top Chef. Cmar was a finalist in .

Career

Cmar has worked at several restaurants including B&G Oysters, Stir, and at Barbara Lynch’s flagship restaurant, No.9 Park, as a sous-chef. In 2015, Cmar became the executive chef at Fairsted Kitchen in Boston.
Cmar originally competed in the qualifying rounds on the first episode of season 10 of Top Chef, but was not chosen to move on into the competition proper. She was invited back to compete in ' and placed seventh after a controversial elimination in which the worst-performing chef of the challenge could not be eliminated that round due to him having won immunity earlier in the episode. Cmar was invited to return again for season 17, ' and was often described as the underdog of that season. Cmar made it to the finals in All-Stars L.A., but ultimately lost to Melissa King.
In 2020, Cmar launched a mini online cooking show on her Instagram called, "My Shitty Little Kitchen", produced by Brian Pu Ruiz.

Personal Life

In 2018, Cmar's brother Colton passed away from a drug overdose. Cmar spoke openly about her brother's death in Top Chef: All-Stars L.A. and said the first course of her finale meal was inspired by him. Cmar lives in Easthampton with her husband David.