Ernie Watson

I'm a simple bar chef, who loves good old fashioned comfort food. I wanna prove that you don't have to work in fine dining, to be a chef.

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Who or what inspires you to cook?

What inspires me? I think feeding people is what inspires me. Knowing that people enjoy what I've created or made for them, gives me the warm fuzzies inside.

What's your all time favorite dish to make?

I'm a simple guy, I make comfort food. So I'd have to go with my Baked spaghetti with a ribbon of ricotta topped with mozzarella.

What would you do with the $25,000?

Take a much needed and well earned vacation.

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