Michelle Wallace Top Chef Wiki: Inside Her Family & Personal Life

Michelle Wallace is an American chef and TV personality. She is appearing as a contestant on the 21st season of Bravo’s cooking reality show, Top Chef.

 

 
 
 
 
 
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Besides, she competed on the third season of Food Network’s cooking reality show, BBQ Brawl in 2022. She also made her appearance on the documentary show High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America in 2021.

Wallace runs a solo sandwich shop named B’tween Sandwich Co. in the Houston area. It blends various culinary techniques while specializing in comfort food, smoked meats, and traditional fare for creative sandwich lovers.

 

 
 
 
 
 
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Previously, she took a role as an executive chef of Gatlin’s BBQ, a family-owned and operated establishment that serves up classic Southern barbecue in Houston’s Oak Forest neighborhood. She also worked at  Gatlin’s Fins & Feathers for some time.

For her remarkable contribution, she was nominated for Rising Star Chef for CultureMap Houston in 2021. Likewise, she was chosen as a James Beard Taste Twenty chef for the culinary series Taste America in 2022.

Get to know Top Chef contestant Michelle Wallace’s wiki, age, family background, married life, and other details below.

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Who Is Michelle Wallace From Top Chef?

Wallace is appearing as a contestant on the cooking reality series Top Chef, this season. The Emmy, James Beard, and Critics’ Choice Award-winning series airs on Bravo TV.

Moreover, it features chefs competing against each other in culinary challenges. The contestants are judged by a panel of professional chefs and other notables from the food and wine industry, with one or more contestants eliminated in each episode.

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Wallace is one of the contestants of Bravo’s show Top Chef this season. (Source: Michelle’s Instagram)

In this season,  the show will take the chefs to Wisconsin, the land of the Packers, and copious amounts of cheese. Wallace is clearly comfortable with barbecue and southern flavors, so it will be interesting to see how her food translates to cooking in the land of the Midwest. 

Michelle Wallace Wiki,  Age & Education

Michelle Wallace has reached the age of 46 now. She was born in the year 1978 and her birthday falls on the 9th of April every year.

A native of St. Louis, Missouri, United States, she has American nationality. After graduating from Parkway South High School, she went to Texas Southern University in Texas. There, she graduated with a

While at college in Texas, she was a member of the softball team from 1997 to 2000. A baseball fan, she also played collegiate baseball as a first baseman there. Moreover, she made meals for Houston Texans players after being introduced by her cousin, who was on the team.

Wallace Family Life: Meet Her Parents

Michelle was raised by her parents in St. Louis, Missouri. She grew up in a big family with a knack for home cooking.

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Michelle Wallace wanted to follow in her mother’s footsteps by pursuing a nursing career in her early days. (Source: Michelle’s Instagram)

The chef’s mother Pamela Corley-Wallace is a graduate of Beaumont High School and holds a career in nursing, Furthermore, her father was a police officer and he used to bring home barbecue from all the great barbecue spots in town when he would get off his shift.

 

 
 
 
 
 
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Michelle is accompanied by a twin sister named Micquell Wallace. Micquell is a Lincoln University graduate and serves as a program manager at an IT company named Ricoh USA, Inc.

Michelle Wallace Husband: Is She Married Now

Well, Wallace is unmarried at the moment and does not have a husband. She has not opened up about her relationship status in public.

Moreover, she has not mentioned her possible boyfriend or love partner in media interviews. She seems to be focused on her culinary business now.

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When not working, she enjoys exploring Asian foods at restaurants in Houston. She is a big fan of restaurants such as Street to Kitchen, Pondicheri, and The Post Beer and Wine Garden.