Maine Chef Cara Stadler competed in the CBS cooking show "America's Culinary Cup" while in her second trimester. (Courtesy of "America's Culinary Cup")Lauded Maine Chef Cara Stadler was the only New England-based contestant on the upcoming CBS cooking competition show, “America’s Culinary Cup.”She was also the only contestant who was pregnant. “I was like, ‘I can only do it if it’s during my second trimester,'” Stadler said. The show was shot in a Canadian studio over about a month during her second trimester with her second daughter, Lina, who was born mid-February. “I just wanted to get back to cooking with lots of other professionals, which was incredible.”Her main takeaway from the “America’s Culinary Cup” experience?

Source: CNN February 25, 2026 18:52 UTC