and I told my mom, ‘I think I want to cook.’” “I remember seeing the reactions, how happy my family was. It was cooking the Christmas meal for the family with her granny that helped her to decide she wanted to enter the culinary field. Two years later, she returned to St Lucia and contemplated her next steps, but she knew that university was not for her. At first she thought it would be an adventure, but soon realised she needed to adapt quickly to the culture and the awful weather. Cooking was our bond.”Ĭompton left St Lucia at sixteen to attend school in Britain. “As I got older, I’d ask, ‘Granny, can I help? Can I cut the onions for you?’ That was important for me, because we became very close. “Her life was just cooking and organising meals for the family,” Compton says. Her granny was a retired nurse, who spent a lot of time in the kitchen, preparing meals for the family. In a 2019 interview on the Bon Appetit magazine podcast, she said her first food memory was “going into the ocean and dipping a beautiful ripe mango in the salt water, then having a bite.” Her culinary journey began with her English grandmother in St Lucia. The farmer’s daughter grew up with a love of fresh fruit and vegetables, and also the sea. Sir John never much bothered with the trappings of office, and his children grew up like everyone else, walking to school and doing just as the other children did. Sir John Compton, who, even as the leader of his country, never gave up his profession as a farmer. “I never expected all this success,” she says, “but I’m very happy that it happened.”īorn and raised in St Lucia, Compton is the daughter of late prime minister The New Orleans–based chef loves being able to fly to far-flung places to cook with her contemporaries, but her main focus is her two restaurants, Compère Lapin and Bywater American Bistro. “It’s kind of overwhelming, because after doing Top Chef and winning these awards, things just got bigger and bigger and bigger. “It’s a funny thing how the past couple of years have gone by so quickly,” she says. When I ask chef Nina Compton about finding balance in her life, her answer, with a laugh, is, “When I figure that out, I’ll let you know.” She’s opened two restaurants and won a heap of awards, including a highly prestigious James Beard Foundation Award - the Oscar of the food world.
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3.Her life has been on fast forward since she emerged as the runner-up on the popular Top Chef TV series in 2013. Lucia specifically, guides her in her cooking as well as her every day life.Ĭompton dedicated her finale challenge to her late father. Though she holds her late father very dear, Nina Compton has another inspiration as well. And I’ve carried that with me all my life. One of the biggest lessons I learned from my dad was not to show weakness as a public figure. I was brought up with a strong sense of family values, my parents were very supportive. Like many, Nina Compton has let her father guide her into becoming the person she is today. Nina Compton’s Father Is Her InspirationĪs we lead up to the big I can relax thanks to this home pic of st.lucia xoxo /wHPAUJCj0u
Nina hadn’t seen her brother in over a year. Both Nina’s husband and brother attended the finale, much to her surprise. Unfortunately, she didn’t win, but I’m sure she’ll be face with a ton of great opportunities in the future.ĭuring tonight’s finale, former contestants Shirley, Stephanie, and Travis assisted Nina in preparing her delicious cuisine. Nina also had plans to spend some of the prize money on a European vacation with her husband. I would want to open doors and give back to the people of my country because they’ve been so supportive of me during this process. Lucia, inspiring chefs have to go overseas for training, like I did. Because there is no training or cooking schools in St.
Nina Compton told GCaribbean Magazine what she would do with the prize money if she won Top Chef:
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