NEW HAVEN PUBLIC SCHOOLS CHEF & REIGNING SCHOOL LUNCH CHOPPED CHAMPION TO BE FEATURED ON FOOD NETWORK’S ‘CHOPPED’

NEW HAVEN PUBLIC SCHOOLS CHEF & REIGNING SCHOOL LUNCH CHOPPED CHAMPION TO BE FEATURED ON FOOD NETWORK’S ‘CHOPPED’

Connecticut No Kid Hungry Chef makes an appearance as a Judge on episode to Air Tonight September 10th at 10:00 p.m.

NEW HAVEN, CT (SEPTEMBER 10, 2013) – Chef Cheryl Barbara, Chef at Nathan Hale School in New Haven, CT and Connecticut’s Favorite No Kid Hungry Chef will be featured as one of the judges in an episode to air tonight September 10, 2013 at 10:00 p.m. (EST) on the Food Network’s highly acclaimed program “Chopped.”

Chef Cheryl, who recently left her Chef position at High School in the Community to be the Chef at her daughter’s school, Nathan Hale School, won Chopped in November 2011, Season 9, Episode 13 - Class Acts.

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