Christine Ha Speaking Fee: $20,000 to $30,000
Travels From:
IAH - Houston, TX
Primary Topic Category:
Chefs / Culinary / Food & WIne
Secondary Topic Category:
Inspiration / Motivation / Overcoming Obstacles
Christine Ha Speaker Profile: At A Glance
Christine Ha is the first-ever blind contestant and season 3 winner of the competitive amateur cooking television show MasterChef with Gordon Ramsay. She defeated over 30,000 home cooks across America to secure the coveted MasterChef title, a $250,000 cash prize, and a cookbook deal. Ha received the 2014 Helen Keller Personal Achievement Award from the American Foundation for the Blind, a recognition formerly bestowed upon Ray Charles, Patty Duke, and Stevie Wonder among others. Ha’s first restaurant in Houston, The Blind Goat, was named a semi-finalist for 2020 Best New Restaurant in America by the James Beard Foundation.
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