Top Chef fans, start your ovens — or, whichever appropriate cookery device fits your skill level — season four is slated to premiere on Wed. March 12 at 10pm!

This year your favorite judges — Ted Colicchio, Padma Lakshmi, Gail Simmons and Ted Allen — and sixteen new chefs have unpacked their knives in Chicago.

To find out more about the cheftestants hit the "Start Slideshow" button below.

Photos courtesy of Bravo.