American executive chef Dale Levitski, who appeared on Season 3 and the All-Stars version of Top Chef as a contestant, has been arrested on suspicion of DUI in Nashville, Tenn.
Levitski, 42, approached a sobriety stop on Friday morning, and police officers claimed they could smell alcohol coming off of him. (The traffic stop was set up for St. Patrick’s Day revellers.)
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Officers administered a sobriety test and they found Levitski showed multiple signs of impairment, according to the affidavit filed. He failed a breath test —his blood alcohol level was .092.
The police said Levitski told them he knew “he should not have driven due to St. Paddy’s Day.”
Levitski was booked into a Nashville jail at 2:20 a.m., and posted bail just before 10:30 a.m.
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Levitski owns restaurant Sinema in Nashville.