An online contest with Arizona ties promises a lucrative prize to the world's "favorite chef," but red flags have put the competition under scrutiny.
The Favorite Chef contest invites professional and amateur cooks from around the world to enter a competition that crowdsources online votes to crown a winner. The contest website claims the winning chef will receive $50,000 as well as a a double-page spread in Bon Appétit magazine.
A company called Crow Vote LLC, registered by Scottsdale businessman Darrin Austin, owns the competition. Crow Vote is also behind similarly formatted online contests, according to the contests' respective Facebook pages