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Top Chef star Barbara Lynch, 53, faces OUI charge from crashing into a parked truck at 4am after 'few glasses of wine' in Massachusetts

Published: 16:35 EST, 20 July 2017 | Updated: 16:40 EST, 20 July 2017

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Boston celebrity chef Barbara Lynch was charged with alleged drunk driving in Gloucester, Massachusetts early Tuesday morning.

The 53-year-old told Boston police that she was driving home from work at one of her restaurants, according to the Gloucester Times.

The report alleged that she said she had 'a few glasses of wine with dinner' and 'did not know what happened.' She faces an Operating Under the Influence (OUI) charge which is similar to a DUI.

Southie celeb: Boston celebrity chef Barbara Lynch, seen on the city's South Side in April, was charged with alleged drunk driving in Gloucester, Massachusetts early Tuesday morning

Barbara also reportedly said that she may have fallen asleep at the wheel before the crash, which happened at 4:35 am.

She expressed remorse saying said she felt sorry for what happened, the report indicated.

There were no injuries in the crash.

Cooking up a storm: The 53-year-old, who appeared as a guest judge on Top Chef in 2014, was found to have twice the legal limit of alcohol in her blood after crashing into a parked truck

After failing a series of field sobriety tests, Barbara was found to have had a blood alcohol content of 0.159, nearly twice the legal limit.

Her publicist could not immediately be reached for comment.

Barbara appeared as a guest judge on season 12 of Top Chef, which took place in Boston in 2014.

Serious judges: Barbara joined regular panellists Padma Lakshmi, Tom Colicchio and Gail Simmons in season 12 of the Bravo cooking reality competition

She owns seven restaurants and bars in the area.

The restaurateur was included on Time’s list of the 100 most influential people in the world for her work in the restaurant industry.

Her new memoir Out Of Line: A Life Of Playing With Fire was published in April.

Great honor: In April, the restaurateur was included on Time’s list of the 100 most influential people in the world for her work in the restaurant industry