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Judges Tiffany Derry and Graham Elliot with host Alejandra Ramos.
Graham Elliot
GUIDE: Why did you want to be a part of The Great American Recipe?
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GRAHAM ELLIOT: I always loved the idea that we were going to focus on the food and the story, as opposed to, “You have twenty minutes to cook with one hand behind your back, using a dull knife.” And—not that everyone wins—no one’s looking bad. There’s one blue ribbon at the end, but you’re not playing for a million dollars. Nobody’s going to turn your oven off to do whatever it takes to win.
WTTW spoke to Elliot about the show, and his excitement about working with home cooks and sampling their recipes. The Great American Recipe premieres Friday, June 24 at 9:00 pm on WTTW.
Not to be too preachy, but with the state of the country being so divisive, to be able to showcase your ethnic background and the part of the country you’re representing, I really thought was a positive message. We all kind of universally come together around food.
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THE GREAT AMERICAN RECIPE
hat is The Great American Recipe? It’s a culinary creation rich with tradition, heritage, and memory that someone from Mississippi or Oregon or New Mexico makes for a celebration, or just to express their love for family and friends. It’s also a new cooking competition series on WTTW that will search for that outstanding recipe, giving a diverse group of home cooks from across the country the opportunity to showcase their talents and background before a panel of judges. One of them is chef and restaurateur Graham Elliot, who ran several highly successful Chicago eateries and has appeared on numerous cooking shows such as MasterChef and Top Chef.
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