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Chopped--Episode 905--Four Champion Chefs Compete for a $50,000 prize--Pictured L to R: Judges- Chefs Marc Murphy, Alex Guarnaschelii, Aaron Sanchez, and Host Ted Allen -- as Seen on Food Network's Chopped Season 9

As Del City’s chef Joshua Valentine continues his quest for “Top Chef” dominance, another Oklahoma-based chef will make a national television appearance.

Tabb Singleton, who is currently executive sous chef at Emeril Lagasse’s NOLA Restaurant in New Orleans and a 1997 graduate of Idabel High School, will compete on Food Network’s wildly successful “Chopped”  on Tuesday at 9 p.m. Singleton is a self-taught chef who worked in Tulsa before landing a job at Abendigo’s in Broken Bow. Singleton finished second in the 2006 Oswalt Culinary Cook-Off, which is held at the annual Oklahoma Restaurant Association’s annual convention. He stayed at Abendigo’s long enough to mentor chef Tim Gardener, who won the competition in 2010.

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