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About Chef Patrick Mitchell Chef Patrick Mitchell, CEC, AAC, is one of the most decorated competition chefs in American culinary history. A graduate of The Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, New York, he built his career through decades of work in professional kitchens before becoming Executive Chef and Culinary Adviser for Ben E.

About Travis Petersen & Dan Kennedy Travis Petersen, known as The Nomad Cook, is a self-taught chef and culinary entrepreneur from Vancouver, British Columbia. He first gained national attention after appearing on MasterChef Canada in 2016, then pivoted from a career in oil and gas to build The Nomad Cook — a traveling pop-up dinner

About Chef Eric LeVine Eric LeVine is a CIA-trained chef who grew up in Brooklyn, New York and built one of the more decorated careers in American culinary and catering. After graduating from The Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, he trained under David Burke at the River Café before rising to Chef de

About Chef David Breeden David Breeden is the Chef de Cuisine of The French Laundry in Yountville, California — Thomas Keller’s three-Michelin-star restaurant and one of the most demanding and celebrated kitchens in the world. He is only the fourth chef de cuisine in the restaurant’s history, succeeding Timothy Hollingsworth in 2013, and has helped

About Edgar Rico & Sara Mardanbigi Edgar Rico is the chef and co-owner of Nixta Taqueria in East Austin. In a single awards season he received the MICHELIN Young Chef Award and the James Beard Award for Emerging Chef — two of the most significant recognitions available to a working chef — alongside placement on

About Chef Kevin Fink Kevin Fink is the executive chef and CEO of Emmer & Rye Hospitality Group in Austin, Texas. He grew up in Tucson, Arizona, started washing dishes at 14, and built a career defined by relentless curiosity about ingredients, sourcing, and the relationship between a kitchen and the land it cooks from.

About Phillip Frankland Lee Phillip Frankland Lee is a self-taught chef and restaurant entrepreneur based in Los Angeles. He is the creator and chef-owner of Sushi by Scratch Restaurants — an omakase tasting menu concept built around a 17-course progressive sake pairing that operates in multiple cities across the United States including Austin, Los Angeles,

About Gabe Erales & Mike Diaz Gabe Erales is a chef and restaurateur based in Austin, Texas. He is the chef-owner of Omateo and serves as Executive Director of Oido — a nonprofit organization that provides professional culinary training and career pathways to young people from underserved communities in Mexico. His cooking is rooted in

About Ashish Alfred Ashish Alfred is an Indian-American, classically French-trained chef and restaurateur based in the DMV area. He trained at the French Culinary Institute (now the International Culinary Center) in New York City and worked at acclaimed restaurants including Bar Pitti, Daniel, and Lupa before returning to Maryland to build his own restaurant group.

About Harold Villarosa & Beto Ortiz Harold Villarosa is a Filipino-born, South Bronx-raised chef whose career spans some of the most demanding and creative kitchens in the world. He got his first food job at McDonald’s on 34th Street at 16 and built a career that led to a personal invitation from René Redzepi to