"It felt surreal. There were so many emotions happening all at once," recounted Jamerican chef Darian Bryan of the freeze-framed moment right before he was announced the winner of 'Next Level Chef', the FOX reality cooking show he competed on over 16 episodes.

Triumphant tears sprang a leak when the TV series's chief judge and executive producer, Gordon Ramsay, called Bryan’s name.

"I thought about my journey, my family, Jamaica, Buffalo [where I live], every sacrifice, every challenge and every moment I had to keep believing in myself," the newly minted champ told Food a day after the moment was broadcast last Thursday night on North American television.