It was a tremendous feat for Andrew Zappley to make it onto Master Chef Junior in the first place, but to make it all the way to the finale has got to feel amazing for him. I really don’t know how he kept it a secret for nearly a year, it would have drove me crazy, especially since he unfortunately did not win the competition in the end. But I hope Andrew realizes how important it is to lose to great competitors. Congrats to both you and Nathan for pushing yourselves to the limits to make it to the end of Master Chef Junior.

I am so thankful that I could be part of this part of Andrew’s journey! He has a lot of road left in front of him to continue making his mark on the world with his food, confidence and personality.

Finding out that a local to me, Andrew Zappley, is competing a high level on Master Chef Junior to be the best young cooks in America was a great feeling. A better feeling was finding out through the show that Andrew demonstrated on many occasions that he has the makings of not only a great chef, but a great leader.

When I reached out to Andrew Zappley and his mom, they got back to me fairly quickly and welcomed me to come out to their viewing party at Holy Trinity Regional School in Westville, NJ! I am very thankful to get to conduct this interview with him before the party started. It gave me an opportunity to see that he is the great person shown on television. I am glad I got to experience seeing Andrew advance as a Top 4 Semi-Finalist with him in the room.

Check out my first interview with Andrew here!

Episode 144

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