Omnivore - Atlanta cheftestant Ria Pell talks ‘Chopped’
IRL, ‘Chopped’ is hard!
- Robin Henson
- Chef Ria Pell
Since 2011, 16 Atlanta chefs have competed on the Food Network’s popular cooking competition show “Chopped.” Of those 16, only five chefs have come away with the $10,000 grand prize. Chef Ria Pell of Sauced and Ria’s Bluebird is the latest cheftestant to join the ranks of Atlanta’s “Chopped” alums. CL recently caught up with Pell to talk about her experience on the show (which airs on Tues., Nov. 20, at 10 p.m. on the Food Network), but the question still remains: Will Ria get CHOPPED?
With respect to any confidentiality contracts, what can you tell me about your episode of “Chopped”?
Well, what I can tell you is that it airs on Tuesday.
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Ria Pell
Chef Ria Pell died in November 2013. She was the owner of the Memorial Drive diner Ria’s Bluebird, co-founder of the MondoHomo queer music & arts fest., DJ, and 2012 winner on Food Network’s reality cooking series “Chopped”.
Pell was a pillar for Atlanta’s food and punk music scenes, and gay rights activism, who after three years had recently closed down her Inman Park restaurant Sauced to focus her attention on Ria’s Bluebird.