![]() ![]() The funny thing is, I wasn’t stressed about the interviews and the televised part, I was mostly stressed about the other chefs. It’s kind of nice to bring up those memories. “We actually set up our own group chat and we were always messaging each other and sending pictures. on the GlobalTV app, or StackTV, starting Sept. You can watch Porter and her peers engage in various challenges every Monday at 8 p.m. Thankfully, Porter had the support of her fellow chefs, who were plucked from their respective restaurants and companies to do televised battle for the $100,000 cash and other prizes. That’s completely understandable when you’re in a room being scrutinized by such noted culinary experts as David Zilber, former head of the Fermentation Lab at the Michelin three-starred restaurant Noma in Copenhagen, Mark McEwan, chef and owner of The McEwan Group, or rock-star restaurateur Janet Zuccarini. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. You’re given these challenges and under any other circumstances I’d be calm, cool and collected, but in that situation, you just never know.” As much as you think you’re prepped and ready, something will pop up and surprise you about yourself or the competition. “There were a lot of surprises, but what surprised me the most was that no matter what you think you can prepare for, it’s a completely different environment and different dynamic to everything. “It was a very challenging experience,” admits Porter, who is back in Edmonton and working on a new fall menu for The Common. Still, Porter says her experience on Top Chef Canada was unlike any she’d ever had before. Albert-born chef has done the rounds on a number of other Food Network shows, including Guy’s Grocery Games, Fire Masters and Beat Bobby Flay aside from her television appearances she also picked up a bronze medal at the Gold Medal Plates in Edmonton in 2014. Porter is no stranger to cooking competitions. The next issue of Edmonton Journal Headline News will soon be in your inbox. If you don't see it, please check your junk folder. Manage Print Subscription / Tax ReceiptĪ welcome email is on its way. ![]()
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