Green Bay – Ace Champions stop in front of Ledgestone Vineyards & Winery in Greenleaf on Saturday morning. The rear of his Jeep his Renegade is packed with chicken breast, green beans, rice, and mac and cheese ingredients to serve a meal for 52 people. When guests arrive, the 45-year-old champion is ready to put on the show. "Kids feel like they're meeting celebrities," says one guest when Champion tries his daughter green beans. His show "Cook Like A. Champion" will air locally on WCWF CW 14 while the Champion's private cooking class begins. In addition to cooking, he produces and writes shows that have aired in his 13 other states and abroad, including the UK and Puerto Rico. He has appeared on the TODAY Show twice, won the 2018 National Grilled Cheese Championship, appeared on Food Network's "Fire Master Grill", and launched his first company, Chef Champion LLC, in 2013. Since moving from Orleans to Green Bay, he has turned his passion for Cajun Creole cuisine into a multifaceted business. The Green Bay Area's Ace Chef Champion makes a grilled cheese sandwich on the TODAY show with Carson Daly (left) and Al Roker (far right) on Sept. 5, 2019. In August 2020, he returned to the show, starring in Join Us 69. Another chef set a Guinness World Record for participating in the Rokerthon Sandwich Relay. (Photo credit: Nathan Congleton/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank)
"My friend told me that if I moved here, I would be the one and only Cajun chef. ``Well, 20 years later, I'm still the only Cajun chef in town.''
Over his hour, Champ combines his love of Cajun Creole cuisine with health and wellness tips. He has a charismatic and humorous demeanor. The point of the cooking class. When a guest asked about the nutritional benefits of cooking with canola oil, Champion explained that avocado, sunflower, and grapeseed oils are healthier oils with a higher smoke point and are better suited for frying.
Champion tells his customers that he never uses salt to season his food. Instead, he uses two of his seasonings (Champion's New Orleans and Jamaican All-Purpose Seasoning). These can be purchased online and at Festival Foods locations in De Pere. "By using these two, he can flavor dishes with 26 different herbs and spices," he said. From private cooking lessons, to private dinners and corporate events for Green Bay Packers players, the champion has accomplished everything he sets out to do...but he admits his goal is "bigger than being a chef." ’ I still believe.
"I will always remain an entrepreneur," he says. At this point, two crystal necklaces hang from his chest. This is an accessory related to his more holistic and up-and-coming business his venture, Sound Healing. Holistic therapy uses vibrations and different frequencies to bring the patient into a meditative state with the goal of healing the body. Crystals will be distributed during healing sessions. "I want to blow this business out of the water," he said while preparing meals for his 52 guests, and seeing the chef keep his head cool while cooking was "the coolest thing in the world." that,' he said.
Chef Ace His Champion (left) teaches Ebisa Godana how to make his bourbon his pecan his sauce during his private Cooking His class at Ledgestone Vineyards & Winery on July 30. Married with three children, Champion moved to Green Bay in 2002 with her two youngest children, then aged one and three. Five years later, at age 30, he had a stroke. Soon after, he met his wife Rachel and started his life "from scratch".
"I hate to say I was a raging alcoholic, but I did pretty much anything I could to get high blood pressure," Champion said while preparing for a cooking class at a winery. Born in California, 5 Moved to Louisiana with his family when he was young. While teaching his cooking class, he described himself to guests as a "New Orleans country boy" who grew up in a poor city. This poverty extended to his own family. He says he's learned to be very creative with ingredients in the kitchen. "I think he has a lot to do with being creative now that he's grown up," he said. His first job was washing dishes at a truck stop in Amite, Louisiana. He was initially very reluctant to become a chef. But at the restaurant, he saw 60-plus men cooking and keeping his cool, he thought, "This is the coolest thing in the world."
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