Photo: Rialto
The Rialto chef on why she elected to compete on Top Chef Masters: “My children, Oliver and Roxanne, and my staff were hounding me but I was waffling. Then Oliver said ‘Mom, if you wimp out now, it will be really obvious.’ I’ve been cooking away for over 25 years. I needed to be pushed out of my comfort zone, to do something scary. Hey, I know I’m a great cook and Rialto is known as a stellar restaurant, but a reputation as a wimp, that was something to be concerned about. So I had to say yes.” [Eater]
