Semifinals: Richman, Templeton, Polczynski, Thrasher, Graves, Dolinky, Johnston, Balistreri

Now then, our qualifying heats are complete, the results have been tallied and it's time to move on to the semifinal round of Eater San Diego's Hottest Chef Competition. The top two vote-getters from each of the earlier rounds are presented here for your voting pleasure; they'll be whittled down to just three names for our grand finale heat, so stay tuned. Your semifinal hotties include Matt Richman of Table 926, Barleymash's Kevin Templeton, The Blind Burro's Sara Polczynski, Tyler Thrasher of Oceanaire, Christian Graves from Jsix, Saltbox's Simon Dolinky, Ryan Johnston of Whisknladle and Tender Greens' Pete Balistreri.

This poll will be open for one hour only; as always, it will be closely monitored for any voting irregularities, so let's keep it a clean fight.