Peter McQuaid Jr. Has Made Chopped History

After winning a record breaking $68,000 on Chopped Peter had this to say to C-CAP founder Richard Grausman, “I am so grateful. Thank you for everything, wouldn’t be there without you and C-CAP!”

At only 25, Chef McQuaid is the executive chef at Cala, a Clive Collective restaurant in the new Senna House Hotel in Scottsdale. He won a scholarship from C-CAP to attend the International Culinary Center in New York City.

After culinary school, McQuaid worked for famed chef Daniel Boulud at his flagship restaurant DANIEL, before returning to Arizona to work with Beau MacMilllan at Sanctuary Camelback Mountain. McQuaid then worked alongside MacMillan, now culinary director of the Clive Collective, as executive chef of Money, Baby in Las Vegas.