“My dad was a pit master and now I’m a ‘Top Chef Master.’ … I think he would be really, really, really proud of that.”
“Rick Bayless, winner of Bravo channel’s “Top Chef Masters” competition, quoted in the Tulsa World. Bayless is a chef in Chicago at Frontera Grill and Topolobampo. He started at his parents’ Hickory House barbecue restaurant in Oklahoma City.
This article appears in Aug 26 – Sep 1, 2009.