Although it seems like most reality shows kick off in New York, it’s surprisingly taken Top Chef five seasons to get there.

For the show’s fifth installment, a change of location won’t be the only new thing viewers see. This fall, food critic and author Toby Young (How to Lose Friends and Alienate People) will be joining Padma Lakshmi, Tom Colicchio and Gail Simmons on their culinary rounds.

Other additions to the series will be of the celebrity kind. (It is Bravo after all.) Celebrity guests this season will include Martha Stewart, the Foo Fighters, Rocco DiSpirito, and Natasha Richardson.

Here are the 17 contestants sharpening their knives for the final prize:

• Alex, 33, from Los Angeles, CA
• Ariane, 41, from Verona, NJ
• Carla, 44, from Washington, D.C.
• Danny, 26, from New Hyde Park, NY
• Fabio, 30, from Moorpark, CA
• Gene, 33, from Las Vegas, NV
• Hosea, 34, from Boulder, CO
• Jamie, 30, from San Francisco, CA
• Jeff, 33, from Miami, FL
• Jill, 28, from Baltimore, MD
• Lauren, 24, from Cincinnati, OH
• Leah, 27, from New York, NY
• Melissa, 28, from Boulder, CO
• Patrick, 21, from Hyde Park, NY
• Radhika, 28, from Chicago, IL
• Richard, 27, from San Diego, CA
• Stefan, 35, from Santa Monica, CA

Top Chef: New York starts cooking on Wednesday, November 12.