Carla Hall

About

Carla Hall (born May 12, 1964) is an American chef, television personality, and former model.
She appeared in the fifth and eighth seasons of Top Chef, Bravo’s cooking competition show. She was a co-host on The Chew, a one-hour talk show centered on food from all angles, which premiered on ABC in September 2011.

Hall was born and raised in Nashville, Tennessee. Hall graduated from Hillsboro High School.
She graduated from Howard University’s Business School with a degree in accounting in 1986. She then worked at Price Waterhouse in Tampa, Florida, and became a Certified Public Accountant. Hall hated her job and left after two years.

Hall then spent several years working as a model on the runways of Paris, Milan and London. During this time, she decided to pursue a culinary career.

Upon returning to the United States, Hall moved to Washington, D.C. When Hall brought some leftover sandwiches to her friend’s office, and the friend’s coworkers all wanted her to come again, she decided to start a lunch delivery service called the Lunch Bunch. After four years, she enrolled in L’Academie de Cuisine in…