Tiffany Derry

Top Chef Season 8: All-Stars

Tiffany, a native Texan, definitely flaunts the “Don’t Mess with Texas” attitude with a warmth and charm that makes everyone want to visit her home state. She began working in the kitchen when she was 15 at IHOP where she learned speed, and by 17, her leadership skills in the business were evident as she became the youngest person to ever be in management there. She competed in ACF competitions to help pay for culinary school where she finished in the top of her class. In addition, she received her seafood training from Houston’s Pesce Restaurant while still in school. Shortly after graduation, she went on to become the Executive Sous Chef of Grotto Cucina. Next, she returned to the Art Institute of Dallas to do her other passion: teach culinary. In 2008, Chef Tiffany was named Executive Chef of the Dallas hotspot Go Fish Ocean Club, which has received many accolades. Dijon, Creole mustard, champagne vinegar, kosher salt and Creole seasoning are the five ingredients she always has on hand. Chef Tiffany and her husband Mark, newlyweds, live in the Dallas area.

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  • Tiffany on Top Chef Elimination: Tiffany Will Be Fine!
    Tiffany on Top Chef Elimination: Tiffany Will Be Fine!
    2011-03-21 / TV Fanatic
    Tiffany Derry was eliminated from Top Chef last week. But don't worry about Tiffany Derry, fans, Tiffany Derry will be okay. Just ask Tiffany Derry yourself. That's what E! News did after she got the boot. "I didn't have to win," she said. "Tiffany will be fine no matter what she does, no matter where life takes her. I'm OK. I thought I did a good job. I went home on a dish...
  • Top Chef All-Stars: Thankful I Don't Have to Wear a Swimsuit on TV
    Top Chef All-Stars: Thankful I Don't Have to Wear a Swimsuit on TV
    2011-03-18 / D Magazine
    ...buy beer to celebrate the win of the dish...Tiffany was sent home. Next week, there will be more cooking, probably more of Padma in a bikini, and a much better (and funnier) recap from Loren. 6 Comments to “ Top Chef... All-Stars : Thankful I Don’t Have to Wear a Swimsuit on TV” From the way the judges react week after week (particularly Gail), I think the show should change their format. The judges shouldn’t know which chef made which dish. sad to see Tiffany go and i sure didn’t expect that the final... win. Winner of that one game takes the prize. I hope he wins...
  • Top Chef recap: Dive! Dive! Dive!
    Top Chef recap: Dive! Dive! Dive!
    2011-03-17 / US News Portal
    ...by the judges. Antonia and Tiffany were rewarded for the difficulty of their plating, though, and each received $5,000. Elimination challenge Dropped onto a beach ... Antonia and Tiffany's dish, I probably could have sent Richard to the store to pick up a six-pack of beer so we could celebrate the win after I ...season 6. We'll see if that growth is enough for him to win the title. So sad to see Tiffany Derry depart, though it was a bit expected. Kick me for saying it, but I think Mike Isabella is going to take home the title. His game is totally on: http://foodiegossip.blogspot.com/2011/03/top-chef...
  • 'Top Chef All-Stars': Are the judges listening to their own rules?
    'Top Chef All-Stars': Are the judges listening to their own rules?
    2011-03-17 / Los Angeles Times
    ...finale. But shouldn't the competition be judged on some sort of evenhanded curve? From the opening Quickfire Challenge, it felt like the rules and the judging criteria were two different beasts. The four chefs...Garcia picked the winner, she completely ignored the draconian time limit, instead singling out Antonia and Tiffany's simple salad-"slice... challenge. Even if Tiffany and Antonia's salad was good on an absolute scale, the whole point of "Top Chef" is a dish's... beef salad wins?" Tiffany may have made a grave error in combining a cold ceviche with a warm soup in the Elimination Challenge, but ...
  • Top Chef: All Stars - Episode 14 Recap
    Top Chef: All Stars - Episode 14 Recap
    2011-03-17 / Realitywanted
    ...to the final four on Top Chef: All Stars but only three will make it past this round of the competition. The chefs meet up ...Tiffany ended up taking home the win... for a salad... which the guys aren't too happy about, understandably. Winning a Quickfire is nice, especially when you get $5,000, but it's the Elimination...winner and Tiffany will be headed home. Her spirit and her energy will definitely be missed. You gotta give it up to her. She's never worked for a big name chef, like many of her competitors. She made her own way and it took her damn far in the world of Top Chef. Top Chef...
  • 'Top Chef': I can't believe it's not pasta!
    'Top Chef': I can't believe it's not pasta!
    2011-03-17 / The Marquee Blog
    ...lately), but Antonia and Tiffany are the winners. For the Elimination challenge, the chefs will be cooking a...'t mind it, and I celebrate what it says about these contestants and this show. Imagine if a "Real ...reasons why I think "Top Chef" is one of the best reality shows on TV. (Stepping... the linguine with sweet potatoes. He fashioned the sweet potatoes into pasta, and ...Tiffany's chowder was cold (she finished too early, so it lost all of its heat). Ultimately, the winner is Mike. I have no problem with Mikey winning; he's certainly proven himself to be one of the stronger chefs this season...
  • Top Chef's Tiffany: My Dish Wasn't Strange By Any Means
    Top Chef's Tiffany: My Dish Wasn't Strange By Any Means
    2011-03-17 / TV Guide
    finale. After she plated her conch and coconut chowder with conch ceviche early, strong Bahamian winds and a threatening storm cooled the soup, leading to her elimination. Still, the Dallas-based chef believes her dish would've worked if it stayed hot, even with a cold component on it. Tiffany Derry...home on a dish that you like is better than going home on a dish that you know you could've done better on. Tiffany...-seared fish and the conch ceviche on the top. My other idea was to wrap the fish... cold, you have to season stronger so you can taste it. Tiffany: I am building a restaurant in...
  • 'Top Chef All-Stars' Eliminated Chef: 'I Wasn't Going Out Without a Fight'
    'Top Chef All-Stars' Eliminated Chef: 'I Wasn't Going Out Without a Fight'
    2011-03-17 / TV Squad
    ...Top Chef' participants, they were cognizant that while getting to the final four was a major achievement ... nobody wanted to get that far only to be sent home. The chef...chefs just as easily. Tiffany Derry, the 'don't mess with Texas' standout chef from season 7, was the first of the final four to be ousted. Tiffany, a self-taught culinary wiz, lost out in a nip and tuck competition. If only her conch chowder had been piping hot, or a little less sweet ... In her exit interview, Tiffany... the Quickfire. In the Elimination Challenge, they told us in the previous show to do something that reflected...
  • Top Chef All Stars: No way for the conch two-ways
    Top Chef All Stars: No way for the conch two-ways
    2011-03-17 / Westword
    ..., which cooled down further in the transit time from cooking area to table. Also, her dish was too sweet. It was sad to see Tiffany go home. She's younger and less experienced than the others, but her calmness and technique are admirable, and I think she'll mature into someone to...on the show.) Chef Eliza Gavin takes top chef honors at the World Wine Tasting & Telluride Top Chef Competition Fundraiser Mike's not sexist. It does get tiresome with the girls' sexist boasts about how great it'd be if a female won (yet again). Wow Padma got her bod back in shape... So sad to see Tiffany Derry depart,...
  • Top Chef: All Stars - Conference Call with Tiffany Derry
    Top Chef: All Stars - Conference Call with Tiffany Derry
    2011-03-17 / Realitywanted
    ...Tiffany Derry made it close to the finale this season on Top Chef: All Stars but not close enough. On this week's episode, she was eliminated in the Bahamas after the judges felt that her soup was not hot enough and a little too sweet. This late in the game, any little thing can send you home, as Tiffany...lost my grandfather just two days before the show began. It's a lot going on and you're away from family, you're thinking about your restaurant ... there are a lot of other things that go into it. Q. Did Carla leaving have any impact on your performances? A. Tiffany: Don't get me wrong, I was...
  • Top Chef Review: "Island Fever"
    Top Chef Review: "Island Fever"
    2011-03-17 / TV Fanatic
    ...Top Chef , having this many contestants during the finals makes it... well, not really the finals. Just because they’ve switched locations to the Bahamas doesn’t change the direction of the episodes and "Island Fever" felt a bit like filler until the actual finale.... Let’s break it down. The theme of the Quickfire is consistency. The chefs...chef ever! Richard is surprisingly accepting of the ...chefs during the challenge. Bad move, boys, because the girls win...show off her post-baby bod. Not that I can blame her. The chefs...ceviche. Tiffany makes...it, while Tiffany’s ...faults, Tiffany is ...
  • Top Chef All Stars Recap
    Top Chef All Stars Recap
    2011-03-16 / Box Office Prophets
    ... is worthy of victory. 2) Antonia Lofaso - With no eliminations last week, the temptation is to duplicate last week's rankings...Tiffany Derry - I adore Tiffany and my recent criticisms of her prove that you sometime hurt the ones you love. Still, I must once more point out that you, the reader, have as many challenge wins as Tiffany. This week's episode begins in a different fashion...finale of her season, the competition during which she inexplicably moved away from her comfort zone and tried a new cooking technique. Tiffany is looking back on her struggles during the current season of Top Chef...
  • "Top Chef All-Stars" Recap: The Black Hammer Strikes Again
    "Top Chef All-Stars" Recap: The Black Hammer Strikes Again
    2011-03-16 / Examiner.com
    ...Top Chef All-Stars" tonight, but in the end, the regular judges won out and made the right decision. When the show opened, we met that troublemaking guest judge, Lorena Garcia, chef... was time to hear the Elimination Challenge. The chefs would have to cook a lunch incorporating conch to celebrate the 80thanniversary of the Nassau Yacht...an edited show, but it really seemed to me that the other judges were in complete disagreement with their guest... The winner of the...? And were you sad or happy to see Tiffany go home? Angela Henderson-Bentley is a freelance writer living in South Shore, Kentucky....
  • Recap: 'Top Chef All-Stars' - 'Island Fever'
    Recap: 'Top Chef All-Stars' - 'Island Fever'
    2011-03-16 / HitFix
    ...final four and, as expected, the chefs are becoming just as cranky and neurotic as you’d expect with the Top Chef... and sucking their thumbs, Padma announces the Elimination Challenge. The Nassau Yacht Club is having ...show us Mike in all his loveliness anyway. Thanks, “Top Chef”! Everyone struggles to collect conch, which isn’t as interesting to watch as the producers seem to think it is. Antonia has never worked with conch. Tiffany...home. Tom thinks the cold ceviche and hot soup of Tiffany’s meal weird. Lorena thought Mike’s food was greasy. Hmmm. The winner...
  • Gail Simmons blogs 'Top Chef: All-Stars': Episode 14
    Gail Simmons blogs 'Top Chef: All-Stars': Episode 14
    2011-03-16 / Entertainment Weekly
    ...There was no garnish, plating or presentation. Tiffany and Antonia, as much as theirs might...which involved prepping the vegetables, and the meat placed on top. That took time and operational skill. I think they.... The challenge reminded me a lot of season 6 when we made them cook in the...because of the location or because these chefs are a little more experienced. Richard...braised. He kept the sourness but eliminated a lot of the sugar, ..., picking Mike’s as the winner wasn't difficult. We always want...How is the soup affected by the temperature? Picture yourself in Boston, eating a classic, piping...
  • Top Chef All-Stars: Power Rankings Week 13
    Top Chef All-Stars: Power Rankings Week 13
    2011-03-12 / Cinema Blend
    ..., and Mike took the win in a split decision. Tiffany and Kevin also kept their pride with Tiffany narrowly edging season seven’s surprise winner. After that, it was all down hill. The chefs were told they’d be cooking for royalty, but that royalty ended up being the king of a street celebration. All but Tiffany who decided to go low...
  • Top Chef Recap: Finale Part 0
    Top Chef Recap: Finale Part 0
    2011-03-11 / The Quad (blog)
    ...shocker in this week’s Top Chef. This episode was the first part of the finale - a t hree part finale! Madness! Anyway, the chefs are in the Bahamas, and for the Quickfire they have to cook against the past winning chefs season, head-to-head. The winning contestant of each match would ...to beat the Voltaggio with his cashew crusted duck breast. Finally, season 7 (Tiffany vs. Kevin) had some pork, and Tiffany beat kevin with her pork stew (her first win all season , and it doesn’t really count). For the elimination, the chefs were told they’d be cooking for “Bahamian ...
  • 'Top Chef' recap: We're Not In New York City Anymore
    'Top Chef' recap: We're Not In New York City Anymore
    2011-03-10 / Entertainment Weekly
    ...! Everyone showed up at the vacation destination looking awkward in their summer gear. Tiffany had things on her legs that were neither pants nor capris, but something in between. Blais wore a top he most...an uncomfortable sound of approval. Inside the Top Chef Fort, the chefs found old enemies. Poised menacingly behind cooking stations were the winners of each of the All-Stars' seasons: Stephanie, Hosea, Michael and Kevin. ...loin and braised veal cap (too good). She still won $10,000! "Lucky" b****. The final face-off was Michael versus Mike, and since Michael is an angry genius and Mike is an...
  • Top Chef Recap: Cooking For The King
    Top Chef Recap: Cooking For The King
    2011-03-10 / Broward New Times
    ...winner of their particular season. The winner gets $10,000. That means that if the challenger wins, they get the $10,000. The cheftestants have to make a dish with the ingredient that Tom picks specifically for them. Elimination... start to cook in the small kitchen equipped with only fryers, a microwave and a flat top, one of the fryers catches fire. I mean flames! There's smoke, the fire department comes...braised lamb leg and cannelloni and turnip. Tom says his favorite part of the dish was cannelloni. Tiffany - Roasted pork, dirty rice, tomato relish and slaw. Eris says that the pork is tender. ...
  • Top Chef All Stars Ep. 13: ZZZZZZZzzzzzzz
    Top Chef All Stars Ep. 13: ZZZZZZZzzzzzzz
    2011-03-10 / Washington Post Blogs
    ... past experiences with the show, and crowing about how they each want to earn the top spot this season. It's a rather ... most undeserving winner in all of Top Chef history, Hosea Rosenberg, and they will cook lamb. Tiffany will compete...'t do that. Nope. Not at all. For the Elimination Challenge, the cheftestants are told they'll be cooking for...Top Chef finals challenge. The pace is slow, the content boring, and it's hard to stay engaged or care about who's doing what. In fact, the chefs...winner. The remaining chefs are sent back out of the room while the judges deliberate and decide who's going home...
  • Top Chef Heats Up the Bahamas - Literally!
    Top Chef Heats Up the Bahamas - Literally!
    2011-03-10 / People Magazine
    ...chefs who defeated them on their original seasons, the finalists – Richard Blais, Tiffany Derry...season's winner, Hosea Rosenberg. Fire! Fire! And her poor performance seemed to foreshadow events ahead. Told they were cooking for Bahamian royalty, the chefs... When the chefs learned their ...top. Mike's sous vide chicken was a touch dry, but he ultimately claimed the finale's first win, and the judges rhapsodized about his rich sauce which tied his chicken and lobster hash together beautifully. Tiffany...why her unfortunate elimination didn't shock anybody – ...didn't have a winning dish." Please ...
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