Former Toro, Tamayo executive chef wins Food Network’s “Chopped”
“I remember when I first started my career almost 20 years ago, and I would watch the first seasons of ‘Chopped,’ and it seemed impossible to imagine being one of the amazing chefs competing and winning,” Padilla said. “I would sit down at home with my baby and my son, feeling like a judge, and when I finally got the chance to be on the show, I was panicking the day before. My wife, meanwhile, was joking about what an expert I always thought I was.”
When he got the call in August last year for a fourth opportunity to compete on the show, which is hosted by Ted Allen, “I was like, ‘Let’s do this,’” Padilla said. He was getting ready to leave Richard Sandoval anyway and start his own business, so the timing was finally right.
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