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Ilan D. Hall (born April 6, 1982) is an American chef, best known as the winner of the second season of the Bravo television network's reality series Top Chef, ahead of Marcel Vigneron.

Hall is a native of Great Neck, New York, U.S.. He attended Elizabeth Miller (E.M) Baker elementary school and Temple Israel Hebrew school, a conservative Jewish temple. His parents were both immigrants: his father from Scotland, and his mother from Israel. Hall's mother, Rita, is a section designer in Newsday's editorial art department.

As a teenager, Hall worked at Marine Fishery, a seafood store in his hometown of Great Neck and was later trained at Italy's Lorenzo de'Medici and at the Culinary Institute of America (CIA). He attended the CIA at the same time as runner-up Vigneron.

Hall has worked at several restaurants in New York City, including Casa Mono, an Iberian restaurant, and Craft, owned by Top Chef head judge Tom Colicchio.

Hall currently lives in New York City.

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