Chef-owner of Eve restaurant in Ann Arbor, Mich. Eve Aronoff is the odds-on favorite to win Season Six of Top Chef.

By Sarah Feldberg

Published Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2009 | 5:49 p.m.

Updated Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2009 | 5:54 p.m.

We’re betting folks in a betting town, so when Top Chef: Las Vegas released the names and bios of the 17 chefs competing for this season’s title, we wanted to know the odds of each white-coated cook winning the cash.

The Wynn’s Director of Race & Sports Operations, Johnny Avello, helped us out, handicapping the competition, so that we’ll know exactly who to cheer for with the knives start flying during the August 19th premiere (Bravo, 9 p.m.).

Here are the odds for Top Chef: Las Vegas

Eve Aronoff - 5/1

Preeti Mistry - 6/1

Ron Duprat - 7/1

Kevin Gillespie - 8/1

Mattin Noblia - 10/1

Michael Voltaggio - 11/1

Jesse Sandlin - 12/1

Laurine Wickett - 14/1

Bryan Voltaggio - 15/1

Hector Santiago - 18/1

Jennifer Carroll - 20/1

Eli Kirshtein - 22/1

Jennifer Zavala - 24/1

Michael Isabella - 25/1

Robin Leventhal - 28/1

Ashley Merriman - 30/1

Ash Fulk - 35/1