All Top Chef Interview with "Top Chef Just Desserts" Season 2 Chef Carlos Enriquez

Chef Carlos talks about his experience on the show.

Highlights: Carlos works for Block 16 Hospitality which operates Holstein's in Las Vegas as well as several other restaurants - with plans to expand.

Click here for Carlos's blog.

Click here for the podcast.

Thank you Chef Carlos!

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Bravo Exit Interview - Carlos Enriquez

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ATC Love to Carlos Enriquez

Despite winning the Quickfire Challenge with a liquid-nitrogen-cooled pie, this week was really not Chef Carlos' week. His idea of faux hamburgers and french fries for the carnival challenge was terrific, however, the bun proved to be problematic. But he should look on the bright side - he gets to take home the $15,000 he won in two Quickfires.

Chef Enriquez, we're really sorry to see you go. Not only were your desserts amazing, but you were also extremely likeable, and root-for-able. We wish you nothing but the best.

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Congratulations, Blue Team!

Congratulations to the Blue Team of Chefs Carlos Enriquez, Orlando Santos, and Sally Camacho, who wowed the judges with their chocolate creations: a centerpiece celebrating the origins of chocolate and three individual desserts. Even their competition couldn't find bad things to say about their work this week. (Well, not too many bad things.)

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Congratulations, Team Amanda!

Amanda, Carlos, Melissa, Katzie, Megan, and Chris - you did a fantastic job with your dessert table for Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Lisa Vanderpump's restaurant party!  Your desserts and decor were impressively sophisticated, despite the rampant use of pink. ;)

Some of you are definitely looking like folks to beat. Will any of you make it to the top? We'll see!

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Meet the Pastry Chefs - Carlos Enriquez

HOMETOWN: Los Angeles, CA
RESIDES: Las Vegas, NV
FAVORITE SIMPLE FALL DESSERT RECIPE: Apple crisp with vanilla gelato

Carlos has worked at some of the nation’s most pre-eminent hotels, resorts and restaurants, including the Brown Palace Hotel (Denver, CO.), Alex Restaurant (Las Vegas, NV) and the Ahwahnee Resort (Yosemite National Park, CA). A native of Los Angeles, Carlos grew up in a small family-run bakery. In 1996, he moved to Las Vegas and was part of the opening team of the Paris Hotel. There, he met artisan bread chef Stephan Mourabit, who became an early mentor and friend. In 2010, Carlos was approached by Block 16 in Las Vegas to oversee and open Holsteins Restaurant at The Cosmopolitan Resort, along with creating the dessert programs for LBS Burger Joint and Barrymore Restaurant. Since then, his desserts have been featured in Esquire, Las Vegas Weekly, 944 Magazine,and Taste of the Nation. A father of six, Carlos loves to add a playful modern twist to childhood desserts. “Food to me is a simple playground,” Carlos says. “How you approach it will determine how much fun you will have in it.”

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