Round 1: Wiard, Cucci, Whitaker, Pritchett

It's time for round 1, heat 7 of Denver's Hottest Chef competition. Tyler Wiard of Elway's Cherry Creek is up against Justin Cucci of Root Down and Linger, Kelly Whitaker of Pizzeria Basta in Boulder and Hunter Pritchett of Luca D'Italia.

The winner of today's round will join our other hotties in the semifinals. Brandon Biederman of Steuben's and Vesta Dipping Grill won yesterday, jumping on board with Mark DeNittis of Il Mondo Vecchio, Steven Redzikowski of Oak at Fourteenth, Lon Symensma of ChoLon, Jessica Scott of Crave Dessert Bar & Lounge and Mary Nguyen of Parallel 17 and Street Kitchen Asian Bistro.

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