Lincoln Square Residents: Rally to Save Booted Top Chef

Chrissy Camba may have been booted from Bravo’s Top Chef Seattle, but local fans aren’t taking the news lying down.

Camba, who lives in Lincoln Square and works at Lake View’s Bar Pastoral, was a competitor on Bravo’s Top Chef Seattle. Before her elimination on Wednesday, she was the lone Chicago chef on the show. 

But there’s a twist. Viewers now have a chance to bring one chef back to the competition, and Camba’s followers are buzzing with excitement. The chef is up against two others vying for a spot back in the race: Carla Pellegrino of Las Vegas and Jeffrey Jew of Washington D.C.

Even Bar Pastoral’s owner Greg O’Neill is helping to spread the word about Camba’s chances by posting messages all over social media to get his newest top chef back to Seattle.

“PLEASE HELP SAVE CHEF CHRISSY!” O’Neill wrote on Lake View Patch’s Facebook page. “Help bring fellow cheesy, Chef Chrissy Camba from Bar Pastoral, back on Top Chef!... Let’s all work together to Save Chef Chrissy!”

Viewers can vote Camba twice a day until Dec. 7 by texting “Chrissy” or the letter B to 27286 and by tweeting #savechefchrissy. There are similar texts and tweets to vote for the other chefs, available on Bravo’s website.

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Read more:

• Lincoln Square Resident Competes on Bravo's Top Chef
• Lincoln Square’s Chrissy Camba Survives Another Week on Top Chef
• Lincoln Square Chef Eliminated from Top Chef Seattle