When Rhoda Magbitang walked into the finale of Top Chef: Carolinas, she did not reach for the safest or most technically impressive menu she could construct. Instead, she went home — to Antipolo, to her mother’s kitchen, to the food she grew up eating as the eldest of six children. That decision made history. Magbitang was named the winner of Season 23 of Bravo’s Top Chef, taking home the $250,000 grand prize after a season defined as much by re…
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