Taking Chef instructor and Fanshawe grad Erin Circelli-Russell outruns her competition to bring home $12,000
At Fanshawe’s School of Tourism, Hospitality and Culinary Arts, instructor and chef Erin Circelli-Russell (Culinary Management 2003, Colle Teaching 2011) balances guiding her students in the classroom and training them at The Chef’s Table, the College’s hands-on teaching restaurant. So when she received a call from the United States Food Network, it initially slipped her mind. The message was from Guy’s Grocery Games, a popular cooking game show, asking if she would be interested in participating. After a successful online video interview, Erin packed her bags and headed to California. Each episode features four chefs in a three-round elimination contest, cooking food with ingredients found in a supermarket grocery store dubbed the Flavortown Market as host Guy Fieri tosses obstacles to their creations. The winning chef of the episode can collect up to $20,000 in a shopping spree bonus round.
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