Top Chef Season 7 contestant and native Texan, Chef Tiffany Derry has had confidence from a young age. She has know-how because she works hard and asks questions and is always learning. At 38, she is at the helm of a purpose-driven company she co-founded called T2D Concepts where she has created Roots Southern Table in Farmers Branch and Roots Chicken Shak at Legacy Food Hall in Plano and in Austin.

Find out how she got the call for Top Chef, how she started her first restaurant at 26, what to expect from her newest concepts, what she thinks about the industry today, and what's coming next for her on TV.