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Named the 2024 James Beard Awards best chef in the mountain region, Matt Vawter began his culinary education going to restaurants with his grandparents and being taken into the kitchen to meet the chef. He got his first cooking job at the age of fourteen and worked his way up to big success in his hometown. Born in the Breckenridge, Colorado area, Vawter began culinary school while still in high school, cut his teeth in Denver working for celebrated chef Alex Seidel, then came back to Breckenridge to open Rootstalk, featuring local and impeccably sourced ingredients. It was a big hit and soon thereafter he opened Radicato, his Colorado take on Italian.
Nok Suntaranon remembers eating like royalty growing up in Thailand, even though her family was poor, thanks to her mother’s skills in the kitchen. And it’s the food of her childhood that she is cooking at her Philadelphia restaurant Kalaya, named for her mom, which she did not open until the age of 50. She had been enjoying life as a housewife but says there’s only so much Pilates, yoga, and lunching a person can do. Just a few years later, she won the 2023 James Beard Award as best chef in the mid-Atlantic. She’s been featured on Top Chef. She’s written a cookbook, Kalaya’s Southern Thai Kitchen. And she contends that Philadelphia is now America’s number one food town.
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CULINARY CHARACTERS UNLOCKED – NOK SUNTARANON – EP 29

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CULINARY CHARACTERS UNLOCKED – CHEF MATT VAWTER – EP 28

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CULINARY CHARACTERS UNLOCKED – CHEF VICTORIA SHORE – EP 27

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CULINARY CHARACTERS UNLOCKED - CHEF MICHAEL GULOTTA - EP 26

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CULINARY CHARACTERS UNLOCKED – AMELIE KANG – EP 25

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CULINARY CHARACTERS UNLOCKED - CHRISTOPHER KIMBALL – EP 24

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CULINARY CHARACTERS UNLOCKED – EP 23 – MARISSA GENCARELLI

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CULINARY CHARACTERS UNLOCKED – CHEF NICHOLAS BAZIK – EP 22

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CULINARY CHARACTERS UNLOCKED – CHEF MATTHEW GRAY – EP 21

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CULINARY CHARACTERS UNLOCKED – CHEF BJ DENNIS - EP 20

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CULINARY CHARACTERS UNLOCKED – THE BUSALACCHI FAMILY – EP 19

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CULINARY CHARACTERS UNLOCKED – CHEF PREETI WAAS - EP 18

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CULINARY CHARACTERS UNLOCKED – GREGORY GOURDET - EP 17

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CULINARY CHARACTERS UNLOCKED – ZIGGY GRUBER - EP 16

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CULINARY CHARACTERS UNLOCKED – Chef PAUL SMITH - EP 15

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CULINARY CHARACTERS UNLOCKED –MARTHA SANDERS HOOVER - EP 14

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CULINARY CHARACTERS UNLOCKED - CHEF JOHN SHIELDS - EP 13

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CULINARY CHARACTERS UNLOCKED - SARAH SIMINGTON - EP 12

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CHEF DONALD YOUNG - CULINARY CHARACTERS UNLOCKED EP 11

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THE 2FOODTRIPPERS - CULINARY CHARACTERS UNLOCKED EP 10

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JENNIFER JASINSKI - CULINARY CHARACTERS UNLOCKED EP 9

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TONY GEMIGNANI- CULINARY CHARACTERS UNLOCKED EP 8
Tony Gemignani is one of the leading figures in the world of pizza. His pies were just named sixth best in the world by a leading Italian pizza guide. He has won countless international championships and runs a pizza empire from his San Francisco flagship, Tony’s Pizza Napoletana. He talks about all of it, including the pizza he’ll whisk away and replace if you take too long eating it.

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ANNE QUATRANO - CULINARY CHARACTERS UNLOCKED EP 7
Chef Anne Quatrano is the Grande Dame of the culinary scene in Atlanta, where her restaurant empire includes Bacchanalia, which is among the most renowned restaurants in the south. Much of what she serves was grown on her family farm. She has mentored a bevy of rising star chefs and is a major and pioneering force in farm to table cuisine. And a charming and witty interview, who has plenty of great advice for home cooks.

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DAVID STANDRIDGE - CULINARY CHARACTERS UNLOCKED EP 6

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DAVID PAGE TALKS WITH CHEF STEPHANIE IZARD

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DAN BARBER

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CHRISTINA NGUYEN

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Legendary restaurateur Drew Nieporent is David Page’s guest.

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Culinary legend Nancy Silverton is David Page’s very first guest.
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