Fatima Ali: Top Chef Fan Favorite and Chopped Winner Dies at 29

Fatima Ali was a Pakistani-American chef. Born on August 8, 1989, in Lahore, Pakistan, she trained at the Culinary Institute of America.

She won a 2012 episode of Chopped and competed on Top Chef: Colorado in 2017, finishing seventh and winning fan favorite. She was executive sous chef at La Fonda del Sol in New York.

She was diagnosed with Ewing's sarcoma in 2017 and wrote about her fight. Ali died at her family's home in San Marino, California, on January 25, 2019, at age 29. She won two James Beard Foundation Awards after her death.

Achievements: Top Chef fan favorite, James Beard Awards (posthumous).

Birth: August 8, 1989 - Lahore, Pakistan.

Profession: Chef.

Interesting Facts: Her memoir Savor was published after her death.