COMPETITOR

Kurella's Kitchen

HEAD COOK: Laura Kurella

COMPETITION: World Soup Championship

Laura is a no nonsense, self-taught home cook who, through the grace of God, has racked up awards in recipe development, food styling, photography, print journalism, and as the author of “MIDWEST MORSELS,” a new culinary memoir that's been honored with a MiPA book award, and being inducted into the Calumet Regional Archives at Indiana State University as a notable work. "I am an old-fashioned, Great Lakes Region/Midwest home cook through and through! I just love good food that can love you back too, because when you make what you eat better, it makes YOU look and feel better, too!" Learning to cope with the loss of her father and an inherited muscle disease, Laura 'boils' her work with food down to being a mindful mission to develop and help others to find, "Food that makes YOU feel good!" She has learned that certain foods can help her muscle disease, and she inspires others to do the same with their own health issues too, and using food to make a positive difference in the lives of others is what "fuels" her recipe developments. Her favorite food-related quote: “Come with me and you'll be in a world of pure imagination…” Willy Wonka