Past Events
Chef Opal a guest speaker at MAPP Impact’s EPIC 5-Year Anniversary Conference at the Wynn, Las Vegas in 2025
In February 2025, I competed as one of 12 Top Professional Chefs at the Inaugural U.S. Culinary Open!
Chef Opal was featured on the Cover of the November 2024 Issue of Hospitality News
Click here to read the article about Chef Opal virtually on pages 22-23.
Thanks Alexandra Zendrian for writing the great article!
Chef Opal was featured as the Keynote speaker at HighRock‘s 2024 ELEVATE Marketing Summit on November 14th, 2024.
Were you in attendance? Tag Chef Opal in your photos and videos online at @chef_opal_
I was honored to curate a 5 course meal for this wonderful event hosted in NYC on November 11th, 2024 by the SHFM Foundation.
Click to watch Metrostar’s new Civvies episode featuring Chef Opal as she shares her journey from USAF Security Forces to 2x Food Network Chopped Champion or click below to listen to the podcast on Spotify now!
Chef Opal was featured as the Keynote Speaker for the 2024 NRAEF Military Food Service Awards Dinner in Chicago, IL
As seen on Food Network’s Chopped Volume 3: Season 55 Episodes 2 and 5
Food Network’s Chopped S55 Ep2
Food Network’s Chopped S55 Ep5
Photo credit: Food Network
Front & Center: Air Force service member finds success on Food Network’s ‘Chopped’
Photo credit: 37th Training Wing Public Affairs
Jill Biden hosts military chefs crowned ‘Chopped’ champs for guest stint in White House Navy Mess
Photo credit: AP Photo / Susan Walsh