These 16 Top Chef Cheftestants and Alumni Made This Year’s List of James Beard Semifinalists

Chef Brother Marcellus Luck IV
C•CAP Class of 2001

The "Best Chef: Mountain" semifinalists are Carrie Baird (Bar Dough) and Brother Luck (Four by Brother Luck).

Chef Brother Luck started working in professional kitchens when he was 14-years-old. During high school, he was awarded multiple culinary scholarships through competition cooking organizations such as C-CAP (Careers through Culinary Arts Program) and The Art Institutes (Best Teen Chef 2001). Luck graduated from of The Art Institute of Phoenix and is a Certified Executive Chef through the American Culinary Federation. After culinary school, Chef Brother Luck continued to work in many fine dining kitchens around the world including the Takitei and Kinjhoro Ryokans located in Kanazawa, Japan.