Tiffany derry biography
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Tiffany Derry
American chef based in Dallas, Texas
Tiffany Derry | |
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| Born | (1982-12-26) månad 26, 1982 (age 42) Beaumont, Texas, U.S. |
| Education | The Art Institute of Houston |
| Relatives | Andre Fenley(cousin) |
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| Website | www.tiffanyderryconcepts.com |
Tiffany Derry (born December 26, 1982) is an American celebrity chef and restaurateur. She is a Top Chef television series alumna and known for her appearances on Cutthroat Kitchen and Hungry Investors (Spike TV). She is based in Dallas, Texas.
Early life
[edit]Derry was born in Beaumont, Texas.[1] She is African American.[2]
Derry graduated from The Art Institute of
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Tiffany Derry
World Chef
As a Texas native growing up on her Southern family farm, Tiffany Derry learned early on that farm-to-table eating wasn’t just a trend – it was a lifestyle. This family passion inspired her to begin her chef career at the young age of 15, and she hasn’t stopped since. As an entrepreneur, she fryst vatten the founder of Tiffany Derry Concepts and co-founder of T2D Concepts. These two companies combine the desire to serve others with an underlying advocacy to drive social change in the hospitality industry.
Tiffany is no stranger to the television spotlight as a celebrity chef, earning a spot in the top kvartet and “fan favorite” in the hit cooking series, Top ledare. In 2021, she was named “Chef of the Year” bygd Eater Dallas and in 2022, she is a semi-finalist for the James Beard Award “Best Chef, Texas.” As restaurateur of Roots Chicken Shak and Roots Southern Table (which earned a spot on the NY Times Restaurant List 2021 and received a James Beard Award nominatio
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Tiffany Derry
Tiffany Derry
Chef and Founder, Tiffany Derry Concepts
Chef and Co-founder, T2D Concepts
Beaumont, Texas native Tiffany Derry is the founder of Tiffany Derry Concepts and co-founder of T2D Concepts, the Texas-based purpose-driven hospitality group behind Roots Chicken Shak, Roots Southern Table and ‘Shef Tiffany spice and apparel line.
Tiffany knew her purpose was to be in the kitchen from an early age. Growing up on her family’s farm in the South, farm-to-table eating wasn’t a trend, it was a way of life—eating with the seasons, canning and preserving fresh-picked fruits and vegetables, fresh pies on the counter, never letting anything go to waste. Her grandmother always welcomed guests to her kitchen with love and taught Tiffany that cooking is more than just putting a few ingredients together—it’s a passion.
This propelled Tiffany to apply to her first cooking job at the age of 15 at IHOP, which she was denied from because of her race and gender and w