Chef Rick Bayless and Chef Javauneeka Jacobs, the new Chopped! champion.
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We’re excited to announce that Javauneeka Jacobs, Sous-Chef at Chicago’s acclaimed Frontera Grill, took home the top prize — a $25,000 Julia-inspired trip to France — in the finale of Food Network’s Chopped: Julia Child’s Kitchen! Competition, which aired December 12.
“Now everyone knows what we’ve known for a long time: Javauneeka — Frontera’s sous chef —is not only a careful, thoughtful, fast, talented cook, but she has amazing pose under pressure,” Chef Rick Bayless posted on Facebook. “Out of the 16 chefs who competed on the Julia Child Legacy edition of Chopped, she took home the TOP PRIZE last night! What a watch party we had! We couldn’t be prouder of you, J!!”
Jacobs made it to the final with a French cassoulet made with pig’s head. In honor of her success, “Chef J’s Cassoulet Mexicano” — a Mexican-inspired version made with duck carnitas, pickled morita chiles, housemade chorizo, and chicharrones — is being featured on Frontera Grill’s menu through December
As Jacobs told WTTW in a story that ran the week before the finale, ““I think being at Frontera Grill has really given me the strength to perform on that competition because we’re always changing the menus, we’re always being creative.”
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