The Superhero Chef: From Homeless to Star Restaurant Owner, Darnell Ferguson Turned His Life Around Through Food

After taking a wrong turn down a self-destructive path of drugs and incarceration, a combination of faith, soulful cooking, and guidance from a few 'superheroes' pulled the now-celebrity chef out of despair and into the spotlight of success

Darnell "Superchef" Ferguson, chef and owner of SuperChefs and Tha’ Drippin' Crab in Louisville, Ky., and Superhero Chefs in Tuscumbia, Ala. Courtesy of SuperChefs

Darnell “SuperChef” Ferguson has an impressive roster of accomplishments, from cooking for Team USA at the 2008 Summer Olympics, to becoming a breakout star chef contestant on Food Network, to opening three hit restaurants in the South. His restaurant Superhero Chefs, in Tuscumbia, Alabama, was named one of the “Top 12 Best Breakfasts in America” by the Cooking Channel.

But success did not come easy for Ferguson.