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Whitney Miller

After all three MasterChef judges named Whitney Miller the contestant to beat, it was no surprise when Celebrity Chef Speaker Whitney took home the MasterChef title at the end of the first season. After becoming the first winner of the Fox cooking show, Whitney’s MasterChef cookbook Modern Hospitality: Simple Recipes with Southern Charm was released in July 2011. Nicknamed the Pastry Princess by judge Joe Bastianich, who judged the competition along with Gordon Ramsey and Graham Elliot, the show’s youngest contestant showed an affinity for desserts early on. After growing up in the kitchen alongside her mother, sisters, and grandmother, whipping up dishes for large Sunday dinners, Whitney now enjoys preparing the same Southern favorites from her childhood, but with a healthy twist. People, Southern Living, Cooking Light, and Clean Eating have all published her tasty recipes, and Whitney has contributed as a food writer to Taste of Home, Flavors (Atlanta), and Southern Living.

Whitney’s delectable Southern cuisine has satisfied the stomachs of notable celebrities like Bubba Watson, Rascal Flatts, Tim Tebow, and Duck Dynasty’s Willie and Jep Robertson; she has also cooked beside food experts Cake Boss Buddy Valastro, Paula Deen, Guy Fieri and Curtis Stone. The Pastry Princess is intimately involved with the community and multiple charities; she has partnered with Panera Bread as a featured food expert, as well as with the Mississippi Girl Scouts of America, the American Heart Assoication, and the Mississippi Muscular Sclerosis Society.

After surviving week after week without being eliminated by the MasterChef panel of judges, Whitney now acts as a celebrity judge for several cooking events and contests, from Memphis Cupcake Camp Competition and the B.I.O. Special Events Wedding Cake Competition with Duff Goldman to the 2014 World Food Championship. Recently Whitney served as the opening night chef at the 2013 Chefdance, which is a part of the Sundance Film Festival. Her second cookbook is currently in the works. Whitney is also a Christian.

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Vivian Howard

From opening a nationally recognized restaurant in eastern North Carolina to creating her own award-winning show entitled A Chef’s Life, it is hard to believe that chef Vivian Howard still has time to write her two upcoming books and raise a family. Howard did not always envision herself as a renowned chef, though. In fact she originally uprooted herself from her tobacco-raising, hog-farming hometown to go to college and later move to New York City to fulfill her dig dreams in advertising.

Contrary to her high expectations though, Howard found the advertising world somewhat disenchanting compared to the vibrant cooking scene she observed in the city. Following her instincts, Howard quit advertising and became a server at the Voyage in Greenwich Village. She eventually trailed under the restaurant’s chef Scott Barton, who specialized in Southern cuisine with an African twist, which allowed her to learn more about southern food and preparation. Howard said she never originally planned to prolong her journey in the culinary arts, but rather considered a career in writing for a food magazine a more viable option. As her love for the industry progressed though, she decided to attend the Institute of Culinary Education and begin her career as a chef before getting an internship as a chef at WD~50 and launching a small catering business from her house.

Despite Howard’s growing success in NYC, she and her husband decided to move to Kinston, NC in 2006 where they opened their restaurant Chef & the Farmer. Cementing a strong relationship with the state’s local farmers, the restaurant serves both fresh and local southern cuisine.

Although the restaurant did not thrive at first, word of the restaurant’s charm and talent has made it a travel destination with an impressive turnout of both tourists and locals. Much of the restaurant’s increased attendance can also be accredited to Howard’s PBS show A Chef’s Life, which documents the food and preparation techniques of the eastern Carolina region. Intrigued by her own unfamiliarity with local recipes of the older generations in her area, Howard hoped to find a way to preserve the many unknown cooking traditions of the past — hence her decision to create the PBS show A Chef’s Life that won a Peabody Award for its impact in June 2014.

From the television screen to paper, Howard also has a two-book deals in the works as well, with her first book to be published in 2015 and the second in 2018. The first is entitled Deep Run Roots: Ingredients from My Corner of North Carolina, which is about her experience cooking in eastern North Carolina while raising a family. Her second book, however, is still under wraps.

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Damaris Phillips

Celebrity Chef Damaris Phillips learned to cook at an early age and was responsible for cooking a meal once a week for her large family. However, becoming a television cooking star was not always part of her plans. After graduating with a degree in culinary arts, her passion for food grew immensely and her dreams became bigger.

Celebrity Chef Speaker Damaris graduated from Jefferson Community and Technical College and now teaches baking and restaurant management at the same school where she encourages up-and-coming chefs to follow their dreams. However, before she returned to teaching, Damaris took on several baking and restaurant jobs where she was inspired to become the Next Food Network Star.

Damaris’ original claim to fame comes from her time as a contestant on the ninth season of “The Next Food Network Star.” This past year, Damaris fulfilled her dream to compete on Food Network’s popular show and it didn’t take long for America to fall in love with this Southern spitfire. With her signature blonde hair and sweet Southern charm, she faced off against eleven other contestants and not only impressed the judges, but she won the audience vote and was crowned the winner. The victory granted her the opportunity to host her own television series on Food Network, Southern at Heart. The show debuted in October 2013 and teaches American’s how to impress their dinner dates with her fresh take on Southern food. The show has already been renewed for a third season which premiered in November of 2014.

Although Damaris is fairly new to the Food Network family, she has turned into one of the most recognizable faces on the network.

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Art Smith

Art Smith is by far one of the most well-known chefs to date. His southern expertise has attracted the likes of stars and famous individuals from over the entire world. With his high knowledge he is able to make a meal that will make you rethink what you favorite thing to eat actually will. His style will manipulate one’s taste buds into thinking the best thing in the world was just set on the table.

Celebrity chef Art Smith knew he wanted to become a chef. He went to Florida State University and took internships with Walt Disney Magic Kingdom College Program and The Greenbrier in order to enhance his already blossoming skill set. He owns multiple restaurants which include Table Fifty-Two, Art and Soul, and Southern Art and Bourbon Bar to name a few. He is also an author of three award winning cookbooks. These accomplishments have led to him being called on by the most famous of celebrities to cook for them. For example, he has cooked for the like of Oprah Winfrey, which he did for over 10 years, President Obama, Lady Gaga, and even the current King of Sweden making his talent known across the world. Art has made regular appearances on shows such as Dr. Oz, The Oprah Winfrey Show, Iron Chef of America, and Good morning America and has also been on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.

Art is the founder of   “Common Threads” a non-profit organization that teaches low-income kids how to cook for themselves using affordable meal recipes. Coming from Chicago it was inevitable for Art to see poverty his entire life. He made sure to give back in any way he can to change the city for the better. He made thousands of dollars for the charity by participating in the show Top Chef Masters.

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Tiffany Derry

32-year-old Tiffany Derry came into culinary fame after being chosen as the fan favorite during the seventh season of Bravo’s reality kitchen television show, Top Chef: Washington D.C. Her supporters appreciated Tiffany’s charming confidence in the kitchen. The judges loved her Texan and Creole cuisine, too.

Tiffany got her start in the culinary world by working her way up to an IHOP management position at the young age of 17. This experience and participation in American Culinary Federation competitions aided Tiffany in attending the Art Institute of Houston, where she earned an Associate of Applied Science degree in Culinary Arts.

Upon graduating, Tiffany accepted an executive sous chef position at Grotto Cucina. Tiffany then decided to return to the Art Institute of Houston to teach, passing on the culinary knowledge the institute had given her.

When the eighth season, Top Chef: All-Stars, rolled around, Tiffany was invited to return as a cheftestant. She finished in fourth place after Antonio Lofaso, Mike Isabella, and winner, Richard Blais. Tiffany went on to become the executive chef of the esteemed Go Fish Ocean Club in Dallas.

After opening Private/Social with Patrick Helbert of the Halstin Group, Tiffany ventured further into the culinary business. Tiffany then opened another company of her own, Tiffany Derry Concepts. TDC handles Tiffany’s culinary and business ventures. She has appeared on Spike TV’s “Hungry Investors” and “Bar Rescue.”

In the summer of 2014, Tiffany accepted an offer to participate in the upcoming celebrity chef cruise line, Top Chef at Sea. The Celebrity Reflection sets sail for the Eastern Caribbean on the fifteenth of November with Tiffany and her fellow cheftestants, Shirley Chung, Casey Thompson, and Hosea Rosenberg, on board.

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