Damaris Phillips
Chef
Celebrity chef best known as the season nine champion of Food Network Star. As the winner, she earned her own show on the Food Network called Southern at Heart.
She earned a degree in Culinary Arts from Jefferson Community and Technical College and would become a culinary instructor.
She initially attended culinary school because she was not sure what else she wanted to do in life.
She has four brothers and a sister. She married Darrick Wood in 2015.
She and Jeff Mauro are both champions of the show Food Network Star.