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SECTION B Wednesday, September 1, 2010 +' /577)/.)- +' /57.#7)7.3! We linked Audrina Patridge and the ‘Check, Please’ gets rest of the ‘Dancing sophisticated with chopsticks, With the Stars’ cast &+ 37- 57!#7) all the way back to SE Texas, &+ BE BeaumontEnterprise.com/BE Beaumont native in 65/3! running to be Bravo’s ‘Top Chef’ (!3,*.52#)0 1$ ")3.%)25245!37 [email protected] (409) 880-0724 Beaumont pride: Tiffany Derry works in Dallas and spent a few years in The hour Louisa and Lloyd Austin Houston, but she’s definitely not shy about her Beau- spend glued to the television tonight mont roots. Her mom, Louisa Austin, said there’s no might be one of the most intense doubt her daughter is proud of her hometown. hours of television they’ve ever She remembered a story Derry told her about a watched. woman who was dining at her Dallas restaurant, the Go The Austins and much of the rest Fish Ocean Club. The woman asked to meet the chef of Southeast Texas will be watching and asked Derry where she was from. When she said one of the final episodes of “Top Beaumont, the woman’s response was “Beaumont?” Chef D.C.,” rooting for their daugh- which she said with a little bit of disgust in her voice. ter, Tiffany Derry, and hoping she Derry proudly replied, “Yes, Beaumont!” makes it through to the last round She’s even given the city a few shout-outs on “Top of the show. Chef.” Here’s a recap of the times Tiffany has men- Derry, 27, is the executive chef tioned Beaumont on the show: of the Go Fish Ocean Club in ! Episode 1: The chefs have to create a dish that Dallas. She grew up in Beaumont, represents where they’re from. Tiffany proudly says graduated from Ozen High School she’s from Beaumont and makes a cajun shrimp and in 2001 and is one of five chefs left crawfish salad, chicken fried tomatillos and bacon on Bravo’s “Top Chef,” a cook- sherry vinaigrette. ing competition show. It won an ! Episode 8: For the quickfire challenge, the chefs Emmy on Sunday for Outstanding are asked to create an Ethiopian-inspired dish. Tiffany Reality Competition Program. says: “They don’t have many Ethiopian restaurants in “They picked 17 to go on the Dallas, Texas or in Houston. And definitely not in Beau- mont!” For the elimination challenge, the chefs have to show,” her father, Lloyd Austin, create a dish based on one of the foreign embassies in said. “To be in that top 17, and for D.C. Tiffany chooses Mexico because Mexican food is her to still be there, that’s awe- big in Beaumont. some.” ! Episode 11: The chefs’ elimination challenge takes The show first aired in June them to the Washington Nationals baseball park where with Derry among 17 contestants they have to take over the concession stand. Tiffany from around the country trying chooses to make a meatball sub, which she says is in- spired by her favorite dish at the South Texas State Fair. TOP CHEF, page 3B Love brewing? Tiffany’s husband says, ‘I didn’t like last week with Ed in her dress’ Was something really brew- ing between Tiffany and Ed? In one episode, Tiffany and fellow “Top Chef”contestant Ed Cotton seem to be getting awful close. The camera shows the two of them sitting next to each other and Ed pulling away from Tiffany, leading the viewer to believe something might have happened between the two of From Pre-K to pots them. SCRAPBOOK OF and pans, see more Another contestant, Andrea THE STAR Curto-Randazzo, even said that of Tiffany’s family if Tiffany’s fiance knew what was From left: Louisa Austin and photos at Beaumont going on, Ed would be in husband Lloyd say they’ll be Enterprise.com. glued to the television to- Tiffany and husband Mark night to see if their daughter, Mitchell on their wedding day. ED, page 3B shown with Louisa, makes it to the finals on Bravo’s ‘Top Chef.’ Little Tiffany Derry What else is cooking in Tiffany’s kitchen? made a great ballerina, but it is her cooking that got her Want to whip up a meal like Tiffany? Find one If you watch: Want company? of her recipes from the show, 3B What: ‘Top Chef D.C.’ We’ll be watching, too. Head to the top. While attending When: 9 p.m. tonight. over to BeaumontEnterprise. Ozen High School, Tiffany, Recap Tiffany’s wins, 3B Where: Bravo. com/BEStars for our live blog- now 27, played for the How does ‘Top Chef’ work? 3B ging of tonight’s episode. volleyball team. 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So 9>B@?)8>$$#1 one who has fans.’ ” far, she’s been one of the Holley, on the other hand, Lloyd’s co-workers are isn’t worried. favorites. Derry left to start filming proud of his daughter as She’s never had one of the “Top Chef” in April, her hus- “She has an excellent well, he said, and generally chance of winning,” he said. worst dishes and she’s won band, Mark Mitchell said, start the day after the shoW “She works well under pres- four challenges, $20,000 and and he was one of the few telling him, “We did good a trip for two to Paris. who knew where she was last night.” sure, and she’s very level- Her success on the shoW going. When the shoW first start- headed.” doesn’t surprise her parents, The network allowed ed, Lloyd said one of his Derry also seems to un- who remember their daugh- the contestants to tell their co-workers called him out derstand the concept and ter as someone who had spouses what they would be at a safety meeting, saying, strategy of the game, he said, somewhat of a competitive doing for the next six weeks, The Associated Press “Your daughter is on ‘Top and she’s a good cook. nature growing up. he said, but she couldn’t tell Chef’and I think it’s a shame “She brings excitement to The two-hour season premiere of ‘Dancing with the Stars,’ airs Lloyd Austin remembers anyone else. you didn’t even tell us. That’s the shoW with her personal- Sept. 20 on ABC. The new lineup of stars, from left, Brandy, his daughter as a quiet child She told her restaurant something to be proud of.” ity,” he said. “I think that as David Hasselhoff, Jennifer Grey, Kurt Warner, Margaret Cho, who was creative and loved that she was going overseas The conversation shifted far as personality, she has Kyle Massey, Audrina Patridge, Rick Fox, Florence Henderson, to play with dolls. to study. from work topics to “Top the most uplifting personal- co-host Brooke Burke, Bristol Palin, and host Tom Bergeron. “She liked being off to her- Her parents and her Chef,” Lloyd said, until the self really,” said her mom, 19-year-old brother, Quin- ity. That counts for some- person running the meeting thing on that show.” Louisa Austin, a stylist at ton,didn’tfindoutuntilJune stood up and said, “Can I fin- Shear Power in Beaumont. that she was a contestant on ish my safety meeting?” Her parents will be watch- “She really always had a the cable television reality ing from the sofa in their liv- good little personality.” show. -65 A@# ;>54 ing room, their feet propped The six-ish degrees When Derry got older, her Derry told them she was up on the coffee table until parents said she kept busy doing something excit- Tonight, Derry will com- something makes them ner- after school with several ex- ing and that they would be pete against the final five vous. tracurricular activities. proud of her. chefs for a chance to travel to Then Louisa will grab of a ‘Dancing’ cast Derry played the saxo- “She was like, ‘I can’t Singapore to film the show’s a towel and twist it in her phone in middle school, talk about it, I can’t tell you finale.