Prime Chef has awarded its largest grand prize within the almost 20-year historical past of the Bravo actuality present.
Houston-based contestant Tristen Epps-Lengthy earned the title of Prime Chef throughout Thursday’s finale episode of the culinary competitors sequence, profitable $250,000 amongst different prizes.
“I wished to come back on Prime Chef to showcase Afro-Caribbean meals and show that it deserves a spot in fantastic eating,” stated Epps-Lengthy. “I didn’t do that for myself, nor did I get right here by myself. I had a number of help and individuals who believed in me that gave me the power to not give up and maintain pushing to the tip of this unimaginable Prime Chef journey. Now I simply hope to be that very same help, step or channel for another person as a result of that’s what others have been for me.”
Epps-Lengthy’s profitable four-course progressive meal paid homage to Italian delicacies via an Afro-Caribbean lens, beating out fellow finalists Bailey Sullivan and Shuai Wang.
As winner, Epps-Lengthy may also obtain a $125,000 Delta Air Strains flight credit score, a characteristic in Meals & Wine journal and an look on the annual Meals & Wine Traditional in Aspen.
Tristen Epps-Lengthy on ‘Prime Chef’ (Marcus Nilsson/Bravo)
For the primary time ever, the winner may also headline his personal unique dinner on the historic James Beard Home in New York and current on the James Beard Restaurant and Chef Awards in Chicago on Monday, June 16.
