Parish Restaurant

Monroe, LA

Cory Bahr Chef & Proprietor of Parish Restaurant, Standard Coffee Co., Heritage Catering & Bahr Food Truck in Monroe, Louisiana, where he was born and raised. Cory inherited a passion for the great outdoors and cooking—spending weekends at the family hunting camp, running fishing lines, and hunting whatever was in season. Parish, an homage to what is most important to Cory—community, culture, and culinary heritage—presents an inventive take on classic Southern dishes utilizing live fire cooking that makes use of all the flavors, technique and heritage of his beloved Delta region. He offers honest dishes with a strong sense of place, for which he has earned national recognition. Cory has been recognized for his culinary talents both regionally and nationally. He was a Food Network Star Finalist, he also Beat Bobby Flay. Food & Wine named him "People's Best New Chef" in America  and “People’s Best New Chef” Gulf Coast. He was named to the Taste of the South's "Taste 50”, Cory is a Food Network’s Chopped! Champion. Cory was also named to the list of Louisiana Cookin’ “Chef to Watch”  

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LaRina Pastifico e Vino

Brooklyn, NY

Chef Silvia was born and raised in Northern Italy. She grew up cooking with her grandmother and always admired her ability to bring people together through her cooking. Silvia’s grandmother became sick and passed away when she was 10, which was when she decided she wanted to cook for people in a way to make them happy and bring everyone together. Cooking makes her feel so close to her grandmother in a way she wouldn’t otherwise.

Chef Silvia graduated from "E.Maggia" Stresa culinary school, and found her way in the kitchen of the Maestro of Italian cuisine, Gualtiero Marchesi where she worked for Giancarlo Perbellini. In 2012, Silvia jumped at the opportunity to move to New York for the opening of Giovanni Rana Pastificio e Cucina. Two years later, she received an offer to become Executive Chef at Aita in Brooklyn, where she directed the restaurant using fresh local produce to create traditional and modern Italian dishes.

In 2016, Chef Silvia competed in Season 14 of Bravo's Top Chef. At the same time, she had decided to open a new restaurant along with a few partners. She opened Larina Pastificio e Vino in Fort Greene Brooklyn, as Chef and Co-Owner upon her return from filming. For this new venture, she used the inspiration of her childhood in Northern and Southern Italy as well as her current travels in her dishes. In 2022, she create her own sauce Arrabbiata and Yellow cherry tomatoes with Our Pantry. 

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Snackbar

Oxford, MS

2019 Southern Living’s Southerner of the Year and 2019 James Beard Foundation Best Chef South, Vishwesh Bhatt has been a part of Chef John Currence’s City Grocery Restaurant Group since 1997. Vishwesh started as a prep cook at City Grocery and worked his way up to Executive Chef at Snackbar, which opened in 2009. At Snackbar, using his years of culinary experience and exposure to worldwide cultures, he has developed a menu that intertwines both Southern and subcontinental foodways. He and his wife live in Oxford, MS with their cat Bitbit and Bob the dog. In January 2022, Vishwesh was inducted into the Fellowship of Southern Farmers, Artisans and Chefs. His first book I Am From Here was released by W W Norton & Co in August 2022.

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Bludorn

Houston, TX

Aaron has recently celebrated the two-year anniversary of his eponymous restaurant and semi-finalist James Beard nomination for Best New Chef in Texas. Aaron made his way to Texas after working for five years as Executive Chef for the beloved Café Boulud in New York City. In 2017, Bludorn was approached by Netflix to be cast in their upcoming blockbuster culinary competition show, The Final Table. For six weeks, Aaron along with his girlfriend and now wife, Victoria Pappas Bludorn, filmed the series in Los Angeles. That same year, Aaron was recognized by Star Chefs as New York City’s Rising Star Community Chef. Aaron and Victoria married shortly thereafter in 2018 and remained in New York where Aaron continued to work at Café Boulud. His culinary passion and drive fueled his dream to open his own restaurant, so in 2019, the Bludorns’ made the joint decision to return to Victoria’s hometown of Houston, Texas to open his first solo venture.

Aaron’s experience and vision worked to crescendo the creation of Bludorn where he injects his flair into French-inspired Gulf coast cuisine showcasing the region’s bounty using local ingredients and purveyors. With an emphasis on service, Bludorn provides a relaxed yet sophisticated ambiance where guests can experience fine dining, excellent wine, and an inviting atmosphere to liaise among family and friends. In the fall of 2022, Chef Aaron opened his second restaurant, Navy Blue, a modern American seafood concept that pays homage to the gems of the Texas Gulf Coast. 

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Delmonico's

NYC, NY

James is the author of Dining at Delmonico’s “The story of America’s oldest restaurant”, a best in the world 2009 winner at The Gourmand* world cookbook awards in Paris, as well as his latest cookbook Italian Family Traditions with “a twist” which is a fine collection of both Classic Italian Family Recipes along with  recipes collected from his travel and international dinner experiences.  He is currently Corporate consulting chef for Delmonico's Wall Street* and more recently ventured south as corporate chef for The Church Street Family Group in Huntsville, AL where he oversees  2 fine dining restaurants , an urban oyster bar, a speakeasy concept and 2 retail wine shops with tapa's. James is the  chef /owner of NYC Culinary Events*, a nationally recognized food consulting & catering firm which has provided consulting or catering for such prestigious events as The Masters* Golf Tournament, The Ryder Cup*, The Breeders Cup* & The USTA* for The U.S. Tennis Open and numerous fast casual theme restaurant openings in Manhattan.

He has promoted American food & recipes abroad in Europe, South America & The Middle East where he was a guest chef at The Grand Gourmet Summit* in Dubai and in Australia where he was a guest Chef at the “Masters of Australia” in Melbourne and was featured on national news shows including Good Morning Australia where he showcased recipes from his trips. During this period, he was also production assistant in Sicily on the food network’s filming “My Country, My Kitchen” with award winning producer Irene Wong and award-winning cookbook author Judith Choate & photographer Steve Pool.

Chef Jimmy has been invited to cook at our US Embassies in Oslo, Norway for a very private dinner and with our ambassador in Madrid, Spain where the “theme” was an American BBQ. was invited to Edinburgh, Scotland where he cooked alongside Michelin starred chef Jeff Bland at The Balmoral Hotel featured on nightly news & print, then off to California where he was honored as “Master Chef “by international food & beverage forum Hall of fame founder Kurt Fischer. 

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Ms Chi Cafe

Los Angeles CA

A native of Beijing, and a proud Chinese-American, Chef Shirley Chung brings a playfulness and refinement of flavors to her culinary creations. She attended the California Culinary Academy San Francisco and trained in classic French, Italian, Latin and Chinese cuisines working with Thomas Keller, Guy Savoy, Mario Batali, and Jose Andres.  Shirley finished in the Top 3 on Bravo’s Top Chef Season 11 New Orleans and was the runner up on Top Chef Season 14 Charleston. In 2022, Shirley competed on Guy Fieri’s Tournament of Champions on the Food Network.

With her husband, Jimmy Lee, Shirley showcases her Chinese heritage, signature dumplings and progressive Chinese-American cuisine at Ms Chi Cafe in Culver City, CA and on Goldbelly.com.  And recently, Shirley co-launched Dumpling Mafia NFT which is the first chef driven NFT on the market bridging food, art and the crypto world.

Shirley’s TV appearances include: serving as a judge/mentor on Top Chef Amateurs; a judge on Top Chef Family Style and on FOX’s Hell’s Kitchen; and guest chef appearances on the TODAY Show, the Good Dish, Hallmark’s Home & Family Show, Tastemade’s Make This Tonight, The Globe, Big Food Bucket List, Pickler & Ben, The Steve Harvey Show, and more.  

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Tuk Tuk Sri Lankan Bites

Lexington, KY

Sam Fore is a Sri Lankan-American chef based in Lexington, Kentucky. She started her pop up, Tuk Tuk Sri Lankan Bites, in 2016, after traditional Sri Lankan brunches in her home outgrew her dining room. Sam’s cooking is a reflection of her Sri Lankan upbringing in the American South; her dishes include her spin on Southern classics as well as new riffs on her family's time-tested recipes. Her recipes can be found in multiple national publications and across the web — her take on tomato pie graced the cover of Food & Wine in 2019.

She was named one of Plate Magazine’s Chefs to Watch (2018) and was one of Southern Living’s inaugural Cooks of the Year (2020). In 2021 she joined the cast of Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street, which airs nationally on PBS stations.  This is Sam’s first year representing her home town of Lexington and the Bluegrass Stakes at Keeneland. 

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Gunshow & Top

Atlanta, GA

Award-winning chef Kevin Gillespie grew up in Locust Grove, Georgia and developed his love of cooking from his grandmother. He owns acclaimed Gunshow and Revival restaurants in Atlanta, and has published two cookbooks, “Fire In My Belly” and “Pure Pork Awesomeness.” He co-founded the Defend Southern Food Foundation to provide meals for hungry families near his restaurants. He is a 2022 finalist for the James Beard Foundation’s Outstanding Restaurateur award and was a finalist and the fan favorite on Bravo’s “Top Chef” season six and a finalist on “Top Chef All-Stars.” Kevin was named a 2015 and 2017 semifinalist and 2016 finalist for the James Beard Foundation’s Best Chef: Southeast award and has previously been a semifinalist for the Rising Star Chef of the Year award for four consecutive years, nominated for Food & Wine’s People’s Best New Chef and named in Forbes’ 30 Under 30. 

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LeTour

Chicago, IL

Debbie Gold, Executive Chef of LeTour, is a James Beard Foundation award-winner and four-time nominee with over 25 years of experience in the hospitality industry. As a budding chef, Gold lived in France for four years cooking at Michelin-starred restaurants. After returning home to Chicago, she continued her training with the legendary Charlie Trotter as a pastry chef at the famed Everest Room and as Executive Chef at Mirador, Amy Morton’s first restaurant. 

She moved to Kansas City where she garnered national accolades for her role as Executive Chef at The American Restaurant, winning a James Beard Foundation Award for “Best Chef Midwest.” Gold then opened her own restaurant, 40 Sardines, where the restaurant earned a coveted James Beard nomination for “Best New Midwest Restaurant” and she was recognized by Bravo’s Top Chef Masters, battling against fellow award-winning chefs for two seasons. After moving back to Chicago in 2017, she helmed the kitchen at Tied House receiving many local accolades and awards and served as Executive Chef at AMDP Restaurants, overseeing the kitchens of three concepts: Found Kitchen + Social House, The Barn Steakhouse and Stolp Island Social. Gold and Morton partnered together to open LeTour in Evanston this past November, a 'decidedly American' brasserie with French and Moroccan-inspired dishes. Gold continues to connect with the Chicago community as a board member for The Abundance Setting, a local nonprofit that supports working mothers in the industry.

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Levy Restaurants at Churchill Downs

Louisville, KY

With over a decade of experience as Executive Chef, Kenneth Hardiman has lead over half a dozen independent restaurants, from the Midwest to the West coast, into award-winning establishments. Kenneth has won several awards and competitions, including the 2019 Compass Super Chef, the 2017 March of Dimes Wisconsin Chefs Cook-Off; he was also the front runner for the 2014 Restaurants Chef the year award and won fourth place on the Oswalt Restaurant Supply Culinary Cook-Off. In 2018 he and his culinary team helped orchestrate the inaugural season at Fiserv Forum, home of the Milwaukee Bucks. The uniqueness of Fiserv Forum comes from locally sourced foods and restaurants.  While operating a new arena with dozens of events and the challenge of making it the best arena in the world, Kenneth also worked on the opening of The Mecca Sports Bar and Grill. It can host up to 700 Bucks Fans and a giant forty-three feet TV, the largest  in  the  state  of  Wisconsin. In  July  2020,  he  opened Cream City Cluckery in  Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Kenneth came to Churchill Downs in late 2021 to begin prep for the 148th running of the Kentucky Derby.  When Kenneth gets some time off, he enjoys reading cookbooks and cooking for his wife, Lindsay and son, Clayton.

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Atchafalaya

NOLA, LA

Chef Christopher Lynch was born in Philadelphia, PA and developed a love for cooking from his grandmother at an early age. After high school, he continued on his path working under a Master French Chef. Chef Lynch went on to attend CIA Culinary Institute where he applied his passion for cooking and begin to master his craft. 

Following school, Chef Lynch worked at Gautreau’s in New Orleans, where he met Tony Tocco, before moving to New York.  He then returned to New Orleans where he served as the Chef de Cuisine for Emeril’s Restaurant for 7 years.  After leaving Emeril’s he found a home at Atchafalaya as Executive Chef in 2013.  He later went on to work at Commander’s Palace, helping shape and execute the company’s pristine reputation of fine dining excellence. 

Chef Lynch has now retaken the reins of Atchafalaya bringing a fresh culinary perspective to the established Uptown New Orleans gem.  He’s assembled and continues to mentor a team of talent that has made Atchafalaya what it is today.  In addition to his passion for cooking, he enjoys spending time with his wife, Alicia, and three children, Mary, Quinn, & James. 

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Odd Fellows Ice Cream

New York City, NY

Sam Mason is a pastry chef provocateur. Honing his craft at some of the most prestigious kitchens in the country including wd~50 and Palladin, Mason has become best known for his aptitude for the unexpected. 

With Tailor, a contemporary dining and cocktail parlor, Mason blurred the line between dinner and dessert—testing the palates and the imaginations of his diners. 

Mason is also the chef-owner behind Brooklyn-based Oddfellows Ice Cream Co. where he shirks convention for quirky confections like chorizo caramel swirl and miso cherry ice cream. Oddfellows has scoop shops in New York City, Boston, Charleston, Tampa, and Seoul and is available for shipping nationwide

Mason is a James Beard Award nominee and Rising Star Chef. He’s also named all his kitchen equipment after female country singers. 

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Sofia

Miami, FL

Daniel began his career in 2012 at 3030 Ocean, a fine dining restaurant by chef Dean Max. Daniel moved on with his Executive Chef, Top Chef winner Jeremy Ford, to launch 15 steps at the Eden Roc hotel Miami beach. 

Edition hotels opened their first U.S. property in Miami beach and Daniel again moved with his mentor chef Jeremy and took on the role of Sous Chef at Matador Room by Chef Jean-Georges. Daniel moved over as top toque at The Market by Jean-Georges in the Edition Hotel.  

After a brief stint as executive chef of Commonwealth, Daniel once again seized the opportunity to work with Jeremy Ford and helped him open Stubborn Seed which garnered a 4-star review from both the Miami Herald and The Sun Sentinel.

Daniel struck out on his own and accepted the role as executive chef at the much lauded Sofia in Miami’s design district.  Opened in November 2022, Sofia has gained much attention by the media and was featured in Forbes magazine.  Sofia serves up  nostalgic Italian dishes with an innovative and refined approach. Between the fresh ingredients and playful entertainment focus Sofia supersedes the boundaries of just getting a bite to eat. 

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Playa Provisions

Los Angeles, CA

Celebrated for her wins on “Top Chef” and “Tournament of Champions,” Williamson began her career as a teacher’s assistant at the Epicurean Institute of Los Angeles, followed by her first kitchen position at the Argyle Hotel. Next, she worked her way up to sous chef at Michael’s of Santa Monica, followed by a position at Daniel restaurant by Daniel Boulud in NYC. Two years later, Williamson was appointed her first executive chef position at the Los Angeles restaurant Boxer. Then, she opened the Brentwood eatery Zax as Executive Chef, where she began to develop her signature California-inspired cuisine. In 2014, she and her husband Nick Roberts debuted a unique four-in-one-concept, Playa Provisions, featuring a grab-and-go marketplace, King Beach; an artisanal ice cream shop, Small Batch; a seafood dining spot, Dockside; and an intimate whiskey bar, Grain. 

In addition to “Top Chef” and “Tournament of Champions,” Williamson has participated in other national shows like Esquire network’s “Knife Fight,” as well as Food Network’s “Guy’s Grocery Games” and “BBQ Brawl” as a guest judge.  

Williamson takes her talents on the road to food events and music festivals around the country, and regularly participates in philanthropic efforts with No Kid Hungry. 

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