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St. Paul 'Top Chef' contestant makes a Prince-inspired dish and it's purple

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Once again, Justin Sutherland brings his home-state pride to TV.

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By Sharyn Jackson

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FEBRUARY 1, 2019

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Minnesotans are getting represented very well on this season of “Top Chef,” thanks to contestant Justin Sutherland. To any outsiders watching, they would know we’re into lakes, boats and Prince. That’s pretty spot-on, I’d say.

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In the Elimination Challenge, the contestants have to create a dish inspired by a music memory, and Sutherland immediately claims our state’s pride and joy, Prince.

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“Big Prince guy,” he says. “Gonna do a little ‘Purple Rain.’”

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And that, naturally, means purple food. Sutherland puts together New York strip with braised red cabbage, beet potato dumpling and purple pearl onion.

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Yum. What no Minnesota strip? Prince could have given some cooking lessons on that too.

Prince has inspired many people.

Still, the Purple One’s inspiration lands him in the top three, and guest judge, chef Jonathan Waxman, says the meat is cooked “perfectly. It was the right umami flavor.”

And that was my boy.