#16 Whitney Miller

Inspired by the hospitality of her 97 year-old great-grandmother
and creativity of her mother, Whitney Miller’s passion for the
art of cooking began at an early age. At twenty two, she won the
show “Masterchef,” gaining the title of Fox’s 1st U. S.
Masterchef. Soon afterward, Whitney obtained her degree, with an
emphasis in nutrition, from The University of Southern
Mississippi.


Sharing her incredible story of determination and dream-come-true
winning of Masterchef, as well as her faith and passion for
family, hospitality, and cooking, Whitney acts as a motivational
speaker and presenter for organizations/ events: Auburn
University and the American Business Women’s Association; 2013
Mississippi Girl Scouts of America Gold Award Ceremony, 2013
University of Southern Mississippi Nutrition Alumni Banquet, and
Gulfport, MS, Women’s Blessings Conference; national events such
as the 2012 Myasthenia Gravis National Conference in Las Vegas
and international events such as the 2012 Gulfood Show’s (World
Food Leader’s Summit) in Dubai.


Whitney has been featured across the globe in Southern cuisine
cooking promotions in Tianjin, China at The St. Regis Tianjin and
in Shenzhen, China at The St. Regis Shenzhen. In January 2013,
Whitney was featured as the opening night chef (the first
Southern chef) at Chefdance within the Sundance film festival,
cooking for celebrities such as Kenny Loggins and photographer to
the stars, Norman Seeff.


Whitney’s professional career includes developing recipes and/or
creating videos for companies such as SousVide Supreme in the
U.S. and Malaysia, Tervis, and Penobscot McCrum potato company,
magazines such as Clean Eating and Southern Living, and
nonprofits such as the Mississippi Girl Scouts of America.
Whitney has conducted guest-cooking classes at Viking Cooking
Schools in Mississippi, Surfas in Costa Mesa, California, and the
Epicurean Cooking Theatre in Tampa, Florida. Working with Panera
Bread as the featured food expert, in July 2013, she hosted an
online chat, giving cooking and entertaining tips. Whitney
currently acts as a frequent guest host for ABC’s Birmingham Talk
of Alabama’s TV cooking segment. Whitney utilizes her seasoned
palate as a judge for food competitions such as the 2013 and 2014
World Food Championships held in Las Vegas. WFC’s 2013 season was
aired as a six episode series on FYI network in July 2014.
Whitney creates recipes for California Olive Ranch and
participated in Food Blog South 2014 in which she gave samples of
her olive oil biscuits. She was the keynote speaker and presenter
at the 2014 Orlando Food and Wine Conference.


Whitney is the author of the cookbook Modern Hospitality: Simple
Recipes with Southern Charm (Rodale), with foreword by Gordon
Ramsay, and most recently Whitney Miller’s New Southern Table
(Harper Collins Christian Publishing). Her recipes have been
featured in the Masterchef and Ultimate Masterchef cookbooks. She
is a food writer of magazine articles for Flavors (Atlanta),
Taste of Home, Southern Living, and Eat. Drink. Mississippi. Her
recipes, articles, and/or book promotions have appeared in
People, Women’s Health, Masterchef, Clean Eating, Southern
Living, and Cooking Light magazines as well as online at Self,
California Olive Ranch,


SousVide Supreme.com and Tervis.com


Whitney Miller resides in Nashville, TN.


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