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