Now, weeks later, sous chefs who won each week this month will gather once again for the grand-prize competition. The Food Network finale pitting Dhanawade against three others will air Tuesday at 9 p.m.
And after keeping the secret for six months – the program was recorded in January in Knoxville, Tennessee – he’s not about to spill the beans. You’ll have to watch to see if he wins. The prize is a job in a kitchen run by one of the show’s chef judges: Maneet Chauhan, Scott Conant or Chris Santos.
The 31-year-old Bear resident works full time as a sous chef for Aramark at the University of Delaware’s Pencader Residential Dining hall, following stints at area restaurants such as Wilmington’s Eclipse Bistro and Newark’s Two Stones Pub.
After a chef friend of Dhanawade’s couldn’t audition for the show in October due to an injury, he told the headhunter to try Dhanawade. After a phone interview and a few Zoom auditions, Dhanawade was selected and sent off to Tennessee for filming soon after.
