Michelle Wallace is a Houston-based chef, pitmaster, tv personality and restaurateur originally from St. Louis. Her passion for food began while studying Healthcare Administration at Texas Southern University, where Houston\u2019s rich culinary diversity shaped her approach. She pursued formal culinary training at The Art Institute of Houston and expanded her global perspective while living abroad in China.<\/p>\n
Once settled in Houston, she trained under renowned chef Mark Holley at Pesce and cooked privately for various professional athletes. In 2017, she joined forces with legendary pitmaster Greg Gatlin, spending over six years honing her craft. Drawing from a childhood love of sandwiches, Wallace developed smoked creations that earned statewide acclaim.<\/p>\n
In 2023, Wallace launched B\u2019tween Sandwich Co., specializing in comfort food, smoked meats, and traditional fare for creative sandwich lovers. That same year she competed on Bravo\u2019s Top Chef (Season 21), making it to the Top 6 and earning the coveted Fan Favorite title. She has also competed on Food Network\u2019s BBQ Brawl (Season 3) and appeared on Food Network\u2019s Bobby\u2019s Triple Threat, taking on Bobby Flay\u2019s Titans in the secret kitchen arena. Additional notable appearances include Netflix\u2019s High on the Hog docuseries (Season 1) and BET\u2019s The Recipe: Juneteenth Celebration.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":9892,"template":"","class_list":["post-5393","chef","type-chef","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southernsmoke.org\/ko\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chef\/5393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southernsmoke.org\/ko\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chef"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southernsmoke.org\/ko\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chef"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southernsmoke.org\/ko\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southernsmoke.org\/ko\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5393"}],"curies":[{"name":"\uc6cc\ub4dc\ud504\ub808\uc2a4","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}