Tiffany Derry is co-founder of T2D Concepts, the Texas-based purpose-driven hospitality group behind Roots Chicken Shak, Roots Southern Table and ‘Chef Tiffany spice and apparel lines. Denied from her first cooking job at the age of 15 because of her race and gender, Tiffany, who hails from Beaumont, TX, has rose through the culinary ranks to run her own restaurant concepts, appear on national television, and cook for President Obama at the White House. Tiffany makes regular appearances as a judge and contestant on television shows including Chopped, Chopped Kids, Top Chef, The Great American Recipe, Beat Bobby Flay, Tournament of Champions, The Great American Soul Food Cook-off, Bar Rescue, Top Chef Junior and Top Chef Amateurs.
