Whitney Leigh Miller Humphrey was born on June 1,1988 and is an American chef who won the first season of the US version of MasterChef in 2010.
17 Facts About Whitney Miller
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Whitney Miller grew up in a very food, faith, and family-oriented environment, always in the kitchen cooking with her mother and two sisters or her great-grandmother.
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Whitney Miller entered the competition as a small town girl home cook and a college student from Poplarville, Mississippi.
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Whitney Miller first appeared in episode 2 of MasterChef.
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In what the judges described as a "difficult, but unanimous decision," and for having better overall execution of her final three dishes, Whitney Miller was chosen as the first US winner of MasterChef.
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Whitney Miller won a quarter of a million dollars, a personalized cookbook and the prestigious MasterChef trophy.
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Whitney Miller wrote her MasterChef cookbook, Modern Hospitality: Simple Recipes with Southern Charm, which was released in July 2011.
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In 2011, Whitney Miller returned as a guest in season 2, episode 9, of MasterChef, where the contestants had to replicate one of her signature dishes, crispy catfish with homemade slaw and sweet potato fries.
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Whitney Miller has been featured across the globe in Southern cuisine cooking promotions, including The St Regis Tianjin in China.
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In January 2013, Whitney Miller was featured as the opening night chef at Chefdance 2013 within the Sundance Film Festival, cooking for celebrities such as Kenny Loggins and Norman Seeff.
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Whitney Miller has conducted guest cooking classes at Viking Cooking Schools in Mississippi and in February 2013, Surfas in Costa Mesa, California.
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Whitney Miller acted as a frequent guest host for ABC's Birmingham Talk of Alabama's TV cooking segment.
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Whitney Miller utilizes her seasoned palate as a judge for food competitions such as the 2013 World Food Championships held in Las Vegas.
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Whitney Miller created recipes for California Olive Ranch and participated in Food Blog South 2014 in which she gave samples of her olive oil biscuits.
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Whitney Miller's recipes have been featured in the MasterChef and Ultimate MasterChef cookbooks.
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Whitney Miller is a food writer of magazine articles for Flavors, Taste of Home, Southern Living, and Eat.
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On October 21,2015, it was announced that Whitney Miller will be joining The Coop in Orlando, Florida.