Kevin Gillespie (chef)

Kevin Gillespie (born September 30, 1982) is an American chef, author and former Top Chef contestant. He is a former co-owner and executive chef at Woodfire Grill in Atlanta. He opened Gunshow, a restaurant in Atlanta, in 2013 and Revival, a restaurant in Decatur, GA, in 2015.

Gillespie was a finalist in the sixth season of Top Chef, Bravo's cooking competition show and was voted as the "Fan Favorite" contestant for the season. As a prize for winning one of the Top Chef episodes, Gillespie was invited to compete in the Bocuse d'Or USA cooking competition, for the opportunity to be the U.S. representative in the 2011 international Bocuse d'Or, but later withdrew due to not having enough time to prepare.

In a 2012 interview, chef Wolfgang Puck stated that Gillespie is his favorite Top Chef alumnus.

Gillespie reached the semi-final stage of the 2009 James Beard Rising Star Chef of the Year awards.

In 2013, Gillespie was named a James Beard Foundation Award Finalist in the Cookbook: American Cooking category for his debut cookbook, Fire in my Belly.

On November 6, 2014, Gillespie was awarded the GRACE Innovator Award by the Georgia Restaurant Association.