Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000

Quarter-Finalist

Michele Cole

My friends always tell me I should have a restaurant. Well, I'm starting with a cookbook which is in progress of being written.

Quarter-Finalist


Michele Cole is in the Top 1% of all chefs in the competition! Voting to determine this year's Favorite Chef resumes Monday, May 12th.

Voting resumes May 12th at 10AM PDT

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Who or what inspires you to cook?

People! I love cooking for friends and family. I love making food that you can't get in our local restaurants. I love creating unique pairing combinations and taste explosions!

What's your all time favorite dish to make?

That’s difficult I have many favorites. Cashew Encrusted Halibut with a Jamaican Butter Rum Sauce Mushroom & Gorgonzola Stuffed Beef Tenderloin with a Port Lingonberry Wine Sauce Sous Vide Bison with a delicious compound butter

What would you do with the $25,000?

Publish my cookbook. I’m finally writing it under great peer pressure. Lol! And I would invest in Smithey Cookware! Oh my dream!

Make onions cry

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