S365: Top Chef Winner

9.16.2010

CONGRATULATIONS, WHITNEY MILLER!!!!

Whitney Miller is a 22 year old student from Mississippi. She is the very first MasterChef America winner! Whoooo Hooooooo!! The prize: $250,000 and a cookbook deal. PLUS, she got to cook for Gordon Ramsey!

CONGRATULATIONS, KEVIN SBRAGA!!!!

Kevin Sbraga is a 31 year old New Jersey native and Executive Chef at Rat's Restaurant at The Grounds for Sculpture. Kevin won first prize on Bravo's Top Chef. His prize: $125,000, a feature in Food and Wine Magazine, and a prominent spot at Food and Wine Classic in Aspen, Colorado.

Whitney and Kevin won their respective contests by elevating every dish and every ingredient to new levels in excellence and daring. Unfortunately, neither one of them brought a sandwich to the table.

"Mr. Deeds Goes To Town"

In this 1939 Frank Capra film, Longfellow Deeds (Gary Cooper) plays a simple-hearted tuba player who inherits 20 million dollars along with a boatload of problems, so decides to give the money away. Hundreds of people line up at his door as Deeds takes on one recipient at a time until exhausted and hungry. Next in line to recieve his share is Mr. Svenson. Deeds asks Svenson if he can wait a few minutes while he stops to have a quick sandwich. It so happens Svenson is holding a paper bag from which he produces a sandwich and hands to Deeds. What was the 2nd item Svenson took from his bag?