A Charlotte chef has moved to the final round of the James Beard Awards.

A Charlotte chef and food truck owner won Food Network's cooking competition, 'Chopped'.

Chef Armand Appling alleges that his former boss and Nevada dude ranch owner Madeleine Pickens asked him to make "black people food" in a federal racial discrimination lawsuit. The African-American chef, who was fired in 2014, also claims Pickens hurled degratory insults at a Black employee.

Looking like Rihanna does not come cheap. The Barbadian beauty spends close to a million dollars to keep her self in shape.