Opera Chef to be Featured on Chopped

Opera Executive Chef Joe Rego, formerly of South City Kitchen, Sotto Sotto, Fritti and Allegro, will be featured on the Food Network show Chopped July 17. "It was a very intense competition, and hopefully I will make Atlanta proud," he said. "However, after the competition airs, nothing will change the way I cook or work in Atlanta. It just inspires me to do better in my culinary profession. It's a learning process every day." [EaterWire]