Hometown: Forney, TX

Favorite type of dish to prepare:

homemade pizza

fresh salsa

fried chicken, and cream puffs.

Favorite Sport team: Texas Rangers. I adored Pudge Rodriguez growing up.

Favorite mindful motto:

mise en place

What chef experience are you most proud of:

I’m most proud of visualizing my career as a professional cook and chef, and a making it a reality. I have opened award winning restaurants, led award winning catering operations, and so much more. I’m proud of my job and my career and am so happy that I live my dream every day.

Hometown: Buenos Aires, Argentina

Favorite type of dish to prepare:

Asado Argentino, wood fire cooking, and also any pasta.

Favorite Sport team: River Plate and Argentinian Soccer Team.

Favorite mindful motto:

True leaders don't create followers, they create empowered people

What chef experience are you most proud of:

Witnessing and promoting the growth of the cooks and chefs who trained with me.

Hometown: Killeen, TX

Favorite type of dish to prepare:

Crispy Skinned Salmon, Roasted Veggies, Zaatar-turmeric Rice

Favorite Sport team: Is the one that gives it there all but may not come out on top

Favorite mindful motto:

We may not remember the days but we will always remember the moment

What chef experience are you most proud of:

Gaining the skills that I have obtained and still absorbing knowledge and skills.

Hometown: Duncanville, TX

Favorite type of dish to prepare:

Seafood, any type

Favorite Sport team: Dallas Cowboys

Favorite mindful motto:

Food is life. Life is enjoying every experience.

What chef experience are you most proud of:

Being a representative of Jamaica, while cooking in Johannesburg and Cape Town, South Africa.

Hometown: Panama City, FL

Favorite type of dish to prepare:

Japanese cuisine

Favorite Sport team: Atlanta Falcons

Favorite mindful motto:

It's not on you it's in you.

What chef experience are you most proud of:

Having the opportunity to be a Private Chef for Taurean Prince of the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Hometown: Anaheim Hills, CA

Favorite type of dish to prepare:

American Regional Cuisine

Favorite Sport team: LA Lakers

Favorite mindful motto:

Be Impeccable With Your Word.

Don't Take Anything Personally.

Don't Make Assumptions.

Always Do Your Best.

What chef experience are you most proud of:

I was on the pastry chef team who did the Dalai Lllama’s 80th birthday cake in 2015.

Hometown: Lancaster, TX

Favorite type of dish to prepare:

Greek and Italian cuisine

Favorite Sport team: Cowboys

Favorite mindful motto:

Whether think you can or you think you can’t, you’re right.

What chef experience are you most proud of:

Winning student chef of the year through the Texas Chefs Association 2022 year.

Hometown: Duncanville, TX

Favorite type of dish to prepare:

Pasta (shrimp scampi or crab linguine), I also love creating and making soups from scratch.

Favorite Sport team: I don’t have a favorite team, I just cheer for whoever my boyfriend cheers for!

Favorite mindful motto:

Everything happens for a reason.

What chef experience are you most proud of:

It’s hard to say which experience I am more proud of when I am proud of every single thing I do. I genuinely and absolutely love what I do and that is making people happy with food. It’s my passion. So, I put my absolute ALL in everything I do.  There’s a piece of my heart in everything I serve.

Hometown: Queens, NY

Favorite type of dish to prepare:

My favorite dish is an important part of my culture. Groundnut stew served with white rice and sweet fried plantains. The stew is made from savory roasted peanut blended with a mixture of : chill pepper, garlic, onions, ginger, tomatoes, shrimp, bell peppers, African seasonings and a choice of meat. It’s just everything you want in comfort food and more.

Favorite Sport team: The winning team is always my favorite.

Favorite mindful motto:

“Before you speak, let your words pass through three gates: Is it true? Is it necessary? Is it kind?”

What chef experience are you most proud of:

When I was in culinary school the chefs were each given a cuisine to cook.  I was given a cajun cuisine and asked to prepare for the culinary department to taste and Judge.  My four dishes were seafood gumbo, andouille sausage from scratch, shrimp and grits, and New Orleans beignets. My seafood gumbo and andouille sausage came in first place, and my Beignets came in second. It was one of my proudest chef experiences because I was competing against 20 amazing chefs.

Hometown: Plano, TX

Favorite type of dish to prepare:

I love working with fresh seafood! Seafood and fresh citrus/ salsas are my favorites! With every plate I want to respect the ingredients and provide people with food that I have made with the utmost care and love.

Favorite Sport team: Top secret

Favorite mindful motto:

Treat others the way you want to be treated and love thy neighbor.

What chef experience are you most proud of:

Being a role model to others and maintaining humility throughout my walk is a great blessing. Seeing the success of others that I have been blessed enough to help train, teach and develop into great chefs, leaders, and friends has been extremely gratifying and rewarding.  When people say, “thank you Chef Wendy, you taught me everything I know and more….” it really blesses my heart.

Hometown: Fort Worth, TX

Favorite type of dish to prepare:

Anything on the grill, but steak mostly.

Favorite Sport team: MMA

Favorite mindful motto:

Live and let live.

What chef experience are you most proud of:

I like to say if I could be paid in smiles I would, because the smile on a happy diner’s face is the most rewarding thing to me.