Many Houstonians might not realize that there's a MasterChef winner in their midst. Luca Manfè won Season Four of the competitive cooking show in 2013. Now he's serving lovely, handmade Italian cuisine, even complex pasta dishes, right here in Houston from a food truck called The Lucky Fig.

In some ways, it was remarkable that Manfè won on MasterChef, since most of his restaurant experience was in the front of the house, not the kitchen. On the other hand, he was raised by a family of avid, skilled home cooks amid the natural culinary wealth of the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region of Italy. Cooking is in his blood.

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