About Laura Sawicki and Mike Diaz Laura Sawicki is the Culinary Director and pastry chef at Oseyo, the Korean-American restaurant in East Austin. She is a Culinary Institute of America graduate and one of Austin’s most recognized pastry chefs, known especially for her years at Launderette, where she built a reputation for desserts that balance […]
About Iman Kawa Iman Kawa is a Michelin-trained chef with ten years of professional kitchen experience and a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America. She built her career in fine dining before transitioning to food entrepreneurship, founding Better Than Your Mothers, a luxury custom cookie brand. She competed on Next Level Chef Season 4
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About Evan LeRoy Evan LeRoy is a chef, pitmaster, and co-owner of LeRoy and Lewis Barbecue in Austin, Texas. An Austin native who attended the Texas Culinary Academy, he built his early career at Hill Country Barbecue Market in New York City and at Freedmen’s Bar in Austin, where he developed the approach to inventive,
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About Tracy Malechek Ezekiel and Arjav Ezekiel Tracy Malechek Ezekiel and Arjav Ezekiel are the co-owners of Birdie’s in Austin, Texas. Tracy is the chef and Arjav leads the beverage and hospitality program. Birdie’s opened in 2021 and quickly became one of the most recognized independent restaurants in America. Food and Wine named it Restaurant
About the Guests Gabe Erales is the chef and owner of Oido in Austin, Texas, a restaurant rooted in masa-driven Mexican cooking and the culinary traditions of Oaxaca. He is a James Beard Award semifinalist and a prominent voice in the conversation around Mexican regional cuisine and its representation in American fine dining. Rico Torres
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About Chef Takeshi Nishikawa Takeshi Nishikawa grew up in Suzuka, Japan, a city known for its Formula 1 circuit, where he learned to cook alongside his grandmother. He came to the United States and built a career that spans more than 20 years in Michelin-starred kitchens. He served as Culinary Director of Rose’s Restaurant Group
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About Joshua Weissman Joshua Weissman is a chef, cookbook author, and food media creator based in Austin, Texas. He grew up in Los Angeles and began cooking seriously as a teenager, losing over 100 pounds and publishing his first cookbook, The Slim Palate Paleo Cookbook, at age 17. He moved to Austin at 18 to
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About Sarah Heard and Nathan Lemley Sarah Heard and Nathan Lemley are the chef-owners of Foreign & Domestic in Austin and Commerce Cafe in Lockhart, Texas. They met while working at Parkside in Austin in 2013 and took ownership of Foreign & Domestic in 2017, building it into one of the city’s most respected farm-to-table
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About Travis Petersen Travis Petersen is the chef and founder of The Nomad Cook, a culinary cannabis concept based in Vancouver, Canada. Considered one of the pioneers of culinary cannabis in North America, Petersen appeared on MasterChef Canada before launching The Nomad Cook in 2016 as a traveling pop-up and private dining operation. A self-taught
About Chef Bill Roll Bill Roll is an assistant professor of culinary arts and hospitality management at Brookdale Community College in New Jersey, where he teaches the next generation of culinary professionals. He graduated with honors from the Culinary Institute of America and began his restaurant career at Aquavit in New York City, a three-star
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