Seattle might get a chance to host the 10th season of Bravo’s foodie show “Top Chef,” providing the city’s tourism department is willing to cough up between $200,000 and $300,000.

KIRO Radio tells us the Seattle Convention and Visitors Bureau has been in talks with “Top Chef” producers for years about bringing the popular competition to Seattle. But to make that happen, the city would have to cover a significant portion of the show’s production costs.

Tom Norwalk, President of the Seattle Convention and Visitors Bureau, thinks the investment could produce millions in tourism dollars for Seattle.

“So basically, we would get 12 one-hour advertisements for our city,” he told KIRO Radio.

He added that Seattle narrowly lost out to Austin for hosting the current season of “Top Chef.” (Read more from KIRO: “Pack your knives; Seattle is a finalist to host Top Chef.”)

The show recently confirmed it will air a 10th season. Auditions will be held in New York, Denver, Atlanta, San Francisco, Washington D.C. and Los Angeles.

Several contestants from Seattle were selected to compete on the show this year, but all were eliminated early on.









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