Seventeen-year-old Mark Coblentz has two driving passions in his life — cooking and football. The starting long-snapper on his high school football time finds a way to put in the hours needed to perfect his game and to develop his skills in the kitchen. Mark the Chef enjoys making delicious food for his friends and family, and is happiest taking Southern or family favorites and elevating them with unique flavor combinations and cooking techniques. He loves creating specialty meals for his family and his mission is to expand people’s culinary horizons.You can catch Mark hosting his own cooking show, Making a Chef, or watch him in re-runs of MasterChef Junior or Chopped Junior and past episodes of Wonderama.