Mother-daughter team from Roseville win TV ...
The contest pitted family teams representing Rachael Ray ("Team Rachael") or Guy Fieri ("Team Guy"), who were given a series of cooking challenges. Once the stoves had cooled down and the judges got their tastes, Mooney scored a kitchen makeover and Jasmine nabbed a $10,000 culinary school scholarship. Monica Mooney and her 11-year-old daughter, Jasmine Williford, were recently named grand prize winners in an amateur edition of "Rachael vs. Guy: Celebrity Cook-Off. From the kitchen range of their Roseville home to the national TV airwaves, this mother and daughter cooking team continues to savor a sweet victory. "The final cook-off was between us and a father-son team, and the dad was in culinary school. "My grandma and mom always had me in the kitchen, and once I had children of my own, it was something I wanted to do. I like that bonding time with my daughter. She simply loves to cook and found a perfect assistant in her 11-year-old daughter. Mooney, a homemaker who's rearing five children, doesn't boast any background in restaurants or culinary school classrooms.
Posted by Sacramento Bee on 01.01.70