Mc 2010 bio

Miller grew up in a very food, faith, and family-oriented environment, always in the kitchen
cooking with her mother and two sisters or her great-grandmother. Benefiting from her
great-grandmother's inspiration in Southern hospitality and cooking large Sunday dinners
for extended family and friends, she aspired to be a great cook from an early age. Because
of her talent with desserts on Fox's MasterChef, she was deemed the "Pastry Princess."
Her cooking style encompasses using fresh ingredients and putting her own modern twist
on Southern classics.[3] In 2014, she married Ryan Humphrey,[4] and in 2016 she gave birth
to a son they named Miller.[5]

Season 1 of MasterChef (U.S., 2010)[edit]

Miller entered the competition as a small town girl home cook and a college student
from Poplarville, Mississippi. She first appeared in episode 2 of MasterChef (U.S.). Despite
being young (22 years old), she mentioned that she has great ambition and that being
young doesn't mean she doesn't have as much experience as anybody else in the
competition. In the 14 episodes, she won three mystery box and elimination challenges, and
five of her dishes were chosen in the top 3, one of which led her to the finale.
In the finale, Miller's final dishes were sweet shrimp on crispy cornbread with black eyed
pea purée for the appetizer, country fried chicken for the entrée, and a white
chocolate bread pudding for the dessert. In what the judges described as a "difficult, but
unanimous decision," and for having better overall execution of her final three dishes, Miller
was chosen as the first US winner of MasterChef. She won a quarter of a million dollars, a
personalized cookbook and the prestigious MasterChef trophy.
Miller wrote her MasterChef cookbook, Modern Hospitality: Simple Recipes with Southern
Charm, which was released in July 2011.[6][7]
In 2011, Miller returned as a guest in season 2, episode 9, of MasterChef (U.S.), where the
contestants had to replicate one of her signature dishes, crispy catfish with
homemade slaw and sweet potato fries.

Professional career and highlights[edit]

Miller has been featured across the globe in Southern cuisine cooking promotions, including
The St. Regis Tianjin in China. In January 2013, Miller was featured as the opening night
chef (the first Southern chef) at Chefdance 2013 within the Sundance Film Festival, cooking
for celebrities such as Kenny Loggins and Norman Seeff.
Miller's professional career includes developing recipes and/or creating videos for
companies such as SousVide Supreme in the US and Malaysia, magazines such as Clean
Eating and Southern Living, and nonprofits such as the Mississippi Girl Scouts of the USA.
She has conducted guest cooking classes at Viking Cooking Schools in Mississippi and in
February 2013, Surfas in Costa Mesa, California. Working with Panera Bread as the
featured food expert, in July 2013, she hosted an online chat, giving cooking and
entertaining tips.
Miller acted as a frequent guest host for ABC's Birmingham Talk of Alabama's TV cooking
segment. She utilizes her seasoned palate as a judge for food competitions such as the
2013 World Food Championships held in Las Vegas. She also created recipes for California
Olive Ranch and participated in Food Blog South 2014 in which she gave samples of
her olive oil biscuits.[8]
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 book promotions have
appeared in People, Women's Health, MasterChef, Clean Eating, and Cooking
Light magazines as well as online at Self, California Olive Ranch, and SousVide
Supreme.com[3] and also in national publications such as Spirit of Women.[3]
On October 21, 2015, it was announced that Miller will be joining The Coop in Orlando,
Florida.[9] The Coop is owned by John Rivers of 4 Rivers Smokehouse.[10][11]

References[edit]
1. ^ "Whitney Miller on Twitter: "@middlenamegame Leigh"". Twitter.com. 2013-06-08.
Retrieved  2016-05-24.
2. ^ "MasterChef" Winner Whitney Miller Victorious Despite Chicken Mishap
3. ^ Jump up to: a b c whitneymillermc.  "Whitney Miller Masterchef: About Me".
Whitneymillermc.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2016-05-24.
4. ^ Whitney Miller (February 11, 2015). "My Valentine".  whitneymiller.net.
Retrieved  September 16,  2017.
5. ^ "Welcome, Miller Ryan Humphrey".  Plant City Observer. Plant City, Florida. August 25,
2016. Retrieved  September 16,  2017.
6. ^ Miller, Whitney (2011). Modern Hospitality: Simple Recipes with Southern Charm.
Rodale Books. p. 192. ISBN 978-1-60961-352-5.
7. ^ Miller, Whitney.  "Facebook Page". Retrieved  June 11,  2011.
8. ^ "About". Whitneymiller.net. 2014-06-20. Retrieved  2016-05-24.
9. ^ McPherson, Heather (October 21, 2015).  "MasterChef winner Whitney Miller joins The
Coop to lead menu