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![]() Iron Chefs Zakarian and Guarnaschelli in battle "Halloween Scary Combinations". In October 2013, Vigneron appeared on Iron Chef America with Spike Mendelsohn vs. In 2012, Vigneron was a contestant on The Next Iron Chef: Redemption, making it into the final four before being eliminated. On the episode that aired on January 19, 2011, Marcel was eliminated from the competition after the Restaurant Wars challenge. He returned to the Top Chef series in Top Chef: All-Stars. The show was a production of Mission Control Media with Executive Producers Michael Agbabian and Dwight Smith. Based on the client's requests, Marcel dreamed up a theme and cuisine for the event. In each episode, Marcel and his new catering and event company were hired by a demanding client to produce an extraordinary celebration or event. In March 2010 it was announced that Vigneron would star in Marcel's Quantum Kitchen, a reality television show that aired on the Syfy cable network. In 2008, he was an Executive Sous Chef at The Bazaar in the SLS Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. Vigneron made it to the finals, finishing as runner-up behind winner Ilan Hall. Vigneron characterized the event as more like a drunken assault, and confirmed that the attack on him came before the other contestants shaved their heads, contrary to how the footage was edited. Activity in the blogosphere eventually attracted the attention of entertainment news outlets, some of which commented that the creative editing was done in an attempt to downplay interpersonal conflicts. Several Top Chef viewers blogged about discrepancies in the sequence of events relating to the hair-shaving incident, including one clip that shows contestant Elia Aboumrad during the shave attempt with all of her hair intact, despite being shown shaving her head earlier in the sequence. This led to Cliff being kicked off the show. He also notably clashed with many of the show's other contestants, culminating in an incident in which several of the show's contestants egged on contestant Cliff Crooks to pin down Vigneron and shave his head. On the show, he became known for his molecular gastronomy techniques, especially his use of foams. At the time of his appearance on Top Chef, he was a Master Cook at Joël Robuchon in Las Vegas, Nevada. Vigneron appeared in season two of Bravo's reality series Top Chef, which was filmed in 2006, and aired during late 2006 and early 2007. ![]() At the CIA Vigneron enrolled in the teaching assistant program, where he served as the sous chef to Dwayne Lipuma at the school's Ristorante Caterina de’ Medici. The two played a lot of frisbee together and became best friends they would later compete together on the 5th season of The Next Iron Chef. There, Vigneron met fellow chef Spike Mendelsohn. Vigneron attended the Culinary Institute of America (CIA) in New York and achieved his associate degree in Culinary Arts.
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