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Darian Bryan takes it to the 'Next Level' -J'can chef in finals of Gordon Ramsay's hit FOX culinary TV show

Big dreams transplanted Darian Bryan from a hardscrabble youth in Clarendon to Buffalo, New York, where he's a sought-after chef and expanding restaurateur. Even more divinely karmic, Bryan's long-standing reverence for culinary mega-celeb Gordon Ramsay manifested in the Jamaican becoming a current contestant on Ramsay's hit show Next Level Chef. Bryan advanced to the final three on episode 15 of the FOX television series last Thursday. He will face off against professional chef peers Cole Lawson and Connor Caine for the show's US$250,000 grand prize.

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The blue capri.
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Recipe | Spiced nuts and seeds

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Recipe | Mushroom soup with parsley and egg

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