Lee Ann Whippen – Deviled Pig Restaurant

As the founder of Wood Chick’s BBQ in Virginia, Lee Ann Whippen was

thrust into the national spotlight as a competitor on the show BBQ

Pitmasters. She was first runner up in barbecue at the World Food

Championships in Las Vegas and bested chef Bobby Flay with her pork

shoulder on the Food Network show Throwdown with Bobby Flay. She

was a partner in several Chicago-area restaurants, including Chicago Q.

Whippen recently opened the barbecue restaurant Deviled Pig in

Tampa, Florida with Jennifer Daskevich.