Self-proclaimed 'worst cook' gets personal lesson from Rev Indy chef

Nick Callahan from Carmel applied to be on the Food Network show"Worst Cooks in America." His audition caught the eye of his care team at IU HealthINDIANAPOLIS — Before cars hit the track this month, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway gets transformed into the greatest spectacle in food forOne of those chefs spent some time with a patient, who could use a little help in the kitchen.Nick Callahan from Carmel applied to be on the Food Network show"Worst Cooks in America.

Callahan is living with end-stage heart failure and will eventually need a heart transplant. For now, he depends on a left ventricular assist device , held in a satchel. "Basically, this an electric pump that is implanted surgically into the left chamber of the heart and pumps the blood in parallel with his own heart," said IU Health cardiologist Dr. Maya Guglin.It wasn't Callahan's intention to bring awareness with his audition video, but his cardiologist hopes it'll help others that think it might be limiting.

"Before I had my operation, I would have liked to have seen someone like me. Like, here's my device, here's what I had to do shower," Callahan said.Chef Youssef Boudarine Is one of the featured chefs at Rev Indy this year, which raises money for fellow IU Health patients. "So today we are making shakshukka. It's a really classic dish that we do for breakfast-brunch in Morocco," Boudarine said. "Something like he would be able to pass on, ya know, like, 'My dad used to make this,'" he said.The money raised through Rev Indy helps treat some of IU Health's most critical patients, like Callahan. But the money is also put to use on race day, to treat drivers and fans at IMS.

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