Chapel Hill chef Dan Jackson can add a new aspect to his resume: “Chopped” winner.
The executive chef for the new Italian restaurant Osteria Georgi in Chapel Hill recently won Food Network’s “Chopped” competition on Tuesday, June 15.
The culinary competition on the Food Network features four chefs cooking surprise ingredients from a basket with the worst dish in each round sending one chef home. Some ingredients Jackson had to work with on Tuesday’s episode included challenges like algae oil, black ants, sunflowers and meatless breakfast sausage.
In an interview with the News & Observer, Jackson said he’s always wanted to participate in a cooking competition.