Chefs, pack your knives and go… to Boston. It turns out the rumors are true! According to a post on Bravo’s blog this morning, season 12 of the critically acclaimed Top Chef will indeed be shooting here in Boston.

To which we say: it’s about time. Boston has quietly but steadily been proving itself as a culinary powerhouse, with talent aplenty and enough diversity to rival, say, one island of note. (See: newcomers like Alden & Harlow and Merrill & Co., for example.)

Contrary to what Buzzfeed listicles about Boston compiled by someone who is 100 percent not from Boston would lead the world to believe, our food scene is not just about chowdah and Dunkies. Also, if we could call a moratorium on ever using the words “chowdah” and “Dunkies” ever again, that would be great. Thanks, kehd.

No word yet on when exactly the new season will begin filming, though Bravo has confirmed that Padma, Tom and the gang will start production this spring. Which, contrary to what the weather would have you believe, is right about now.

Stay tuned for details, we know you’re hungry for them.