The secret is out! 5Church’s very own Partner and Executive Chef, Jamie Lynch, and Warehouse Bar + Kitchen’s Emily Hahn were selected as contestants on Top Chef Season 14, which was filmed in Charleston earlier this year and is scheduled to debut on December 1, 2016! Chef Jamie Lynch currently divides his time between 5Church’s three locations in Charleston, Charlotte and Atlanta. Extremely creative, passionate, personable and high in energy, Chef Jamie is a New York native who began his career in the restaurant industry when he was only 16 years old. A graduate of the New England Culinary Institute in Burlington, Vermont, Lynch went on to train under the highest caliber of chefs possible including Michael Mina at Aqua in San Francisco and Daniel Boulud, Andrew Carmellini and Charlie Palmer in New York City. Chef Jamie moved to Charlotte in 2002 and continued to perfect his craft at such restaurants as Barrington’s and Blue Restaurant before opening 5Church Charlotte in 2012 with Owners Patrick Whalen, Alejandro Torio and Ayman Kamel. Chef Jamie went on open 5Church’s second location in Charleston in November 2015 and third location in Atlanta in June 2016. Lynch has since garnered many prestigious accolades, including being named […]