[2][3] As a teenager, Hall worked at Marine Fishery, a seafood store in his hometown of Great Neck[4] and was later trained at Italy's Lorenzo de' Medici Apicus Program,[5][6] and at the Culinary Institute of America (CIA).

[8] Bravo ranked "The Head Shaving Incident" involving Hall and Vigneron as "probably the biggest scandal in Top Chef history.

[10] Less than a week after opening, The county health department shut down The Gorbals because of an inadequate water heater.

[14][15] He redesigned the menu with an Israeli barbecue concept in 2015 and renamed the restaurant ESH, the Hebrew word for fire.

[1] Hall hosted Knife Fight, a cooking competition show on the Esquire Network for four seasons.