LAKE CITY, S.C. – For La Tasha “Mac” McCutchen 13 must be a lucky number; the Lake City native battled 17 other contestants in the 13th season of Hell’s Kitchen to earn a head chef position at a Gordon Ramsay restaurant in Atlantic City with a $250,000 salary.
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La Tasha McCutchen rides on a truck in the Lake City High School alumni Association Homecoming Weekend parade Oct.18 with culinary students students from the school. In the final episode of Hell's Kitchen season 13, which aired Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2014, McCutchen beat the final four of 17 chefs to earn a head chef position at a Gordon Ramsay restaurant in Las Vegas and a total prize valued at $250,000.
La Tasha McCutchen rides on a truck in the Lake City High School alumni Association Homecoming Weekend parade Oct.18 with culinary students students from the school. In the final episode of Hell's Kitchen season 13, which aired Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2014, McCutchen beat the final four of 17 chefs to earn a head chef position at a Gordon Ramsay restaurant in Las Vegas and a total prize valued at $250,000.
La Tasha McCutchen tosses butternut squash during a cooking demonstration for culinary arts students at Lake City High School Oct. 16. McCutchen, winner of the 13th season of the TV reality show Hell's Kitchen and a alumna of the Lake City High School Class of 1997, returned to the kitchen where she first took culinary classes as part of the Alumni Association's weekend of homecoming activities.
La Tasha McCutchen, right, winner of the 13th season of the TV reality show Hell's Kitchen and a alumna of the Lake City High School Class of 1997, demonstrates how to properly cook a butternut squash risotto Oct. 16. In the final episode of Hell's Kitchen season 13, which aired Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2014, McCutchen beat the final four of 17 chefs to earn a head chef position at a Gordon Ramsay restaurant in Las Vegas and a total prize valued at $250,000.
La Tasha McCutchen, right, winner of the 13th season of the TV reality show Hell's Kitchen and a alumna of the Lake City High School Class of 1997, demonstrates how to properly cook a butternut squash risotto Oct. 16. In the final episode of Hell's Kitchen season 13, which aired Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2014, McCutchen beat the final four of 17 chefs to earn a head chef position at a Gordon Ramsay restaurant in Las Vegas and a total prize valued at $250,000.
Jalen Barr, left, a Lake City High School student, takes a turn helping prepare butternut squash risotto on Oct. 16 with La Tasha McCutchen, winner of the 13th season of the TV reality show Hell's Kitchen and a alumna of the Lake City High School Class of 1997. In the final episode of Hell's Kitchen season 13, which aired Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2014, McCutchen beat the final four of 17 chefs to earn a head chef position at a Gordon Ramsay restaurant in Las Vegas and a total prize valued at $250,000.
