In the same interview, Miranda shares that some of his Filipino-inspired dishes will be on display for the upcoming summer menu at his restaurants. “So he reassured us that this is a great move to showcase talents in this industry and bring those forward so that we can again rebuild.” “Ted Allen, the host, he said that being a platform to showcase these voices of people who work in restaurants and chefs is absolutely the right move because of how it so drastically impacted the industries,” Miranda shared. “I don’t think I ever thought about going into TV,” admits Miranda, and adds that made him feel more purposeful about the platform is how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the restaurant industry, and any boost was much appreciated.
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After participating in food and wine festivals sponsored by the television network, representatives from The Food Network called the restaurant where he was working at. Just as cooking found him, The Food Network sought him out as well. He eventually graduated from Johnson & Wales University in Miami with a culinary arts degree. Instead, he was placed into home economics class, which planted the seeds for his future career. He says his love for cooking began in high school, when he was excused from physical education classes due to his poor fitness and asthma. “It’s definitely amazing and you can’t even replicate the flavors that you get just from growing your own vegetables,” said Miranda, whose food is featured at The Osprey and Harriet’s Rooftop Lounge and Bar, which are located inside 1 Hotel Brooklyn Bridge in Brooklyn, N.Y. Long before “farm to table” became an en vogue phrase, Miranda recalls that his grandmother would grow ampalaya, upo, and Japanese eggplants in their backyard garden, bringing the Filipino culture to their home. Growing up in a Filipino household in New York, Miranda tells So-Perkins that food was always a major topic.
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“I thought I had it in the bag at that moment because, Filipinos and pork, it’s definitely our animal,” said newly-crowned Chopped Champion, Miranda, in an interview with Filipino-American media pioneer Jannelle So-Perkins for the latter’s So Jannelle TV show.Īside from the title, the New York-born chef wound up taking home the $10,000 “Meat Fight” grand prize on the Food Network show, which aired in February. At that point, his upbringing was his greatest asset. The moment Chef Denevin Miranda heard that his episode of “Chopped” would be pork-themed, his confidence rose.
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This story is published in partnership with SoJannelleTV, a magazine show about Filipinos in North America