Local Julia Child Fan To Appear On "The Chew"

Set Your DVR: Glen Ridge resident Julie Powell Christopher will appear on the national ABC cooking/talk show The Chew on Wednesday.

The show, which features culinary stars Mario Batali, Michael Symon, Daphne Oz, Carla Hall, and Clinton Kelly, airs at 1 p.m.

Christopher was one of three people chosen from across the country to be part of the show's special tribute episode celebrating Julia Child's 100th birthday.

Interestingly, she is not a chef or culinary school graduate, but works in marketing for a publishing company in New York City. But she enjoys a passion for cooking. In her spare time, she actually cooked her way through the entire French Culintary Institute textbook and blogged about the experience.

Indeed, you can read about her adventures by going here.

An interesting side note: she completed the arduous process on what would have been Julia Child's 98th birthday.

Christopher said that Julia Child has always been an inspiration to her so that when she learned The Chew was dedicating an episode to the legend, she responded to their call to find "the ultimate Julia Child fan." Not only did she have to go through several rounds of vetting (including putting together a video of herself), she had to compete against two other contestants by selecting and perfecting a favorite Julia Child dish.

On the show, each contestant was asked to talk about their recipe, explain why they're the ultimate fan and then do an impression of Julia's famous "Bon appetit!" phrase.

After the hosts tasted the chosen dishes and declared a winner, the Ultimate Fan then cooked their recipe on the show with the hosts.

She said he can't reveal who won—you have to tune in Wednesday to find out.

Congratulations Julie Powell Christopher!