Paducah's Bradley wins "Chopped: All-American Showdown" on Food Network

Paducah's Sara Bradley was judged to be the winning chef on Food Network's "Chopped: All-American Showdown" broadcast on Tuesday night.

Bradley, owner of Freight House in Paducah, was already named as the show's top chef from the South, as she took on three other chefs who advanced from the North, East and West. The chefs created an appetizer, a main course and a dessert, and a chef was "chopped" from the competition after each dish.

Bradley won a $50,000 prize for her victory.


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Paducah chef Sara Bradley is back on TV, battling for another cooking championship tonight.

Bradley is in the finals of "Chopped: All-American Showdown" on Food Network.

Sixteen chefs from across America were invited to compete for $50,000. Last week, Bradley won the title of best chef in the South to move into tonight's finale.

Bradley is by now a veteran of television cooking competitions. In 2019, she was the runner-up on Bravo's "Top Chef" Season 16 when the competition was based in Kentucky. Then earler this year, she was invited to compete in London and Paris at "Top Chef World All-Stars" as the American representative, where she was once again runner-up.

The Heath High School and University of Kentucky graduate owns the Freight House restaurant in downtown Paducah.



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