Culinary Characters Unlocked
David Page is a long-time journalist who reinvented food television when he created Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives. He is also an author, having written the award-winning book Food Americana.
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David Standridge, who just won the James Beard award as best chef in the northeast, honed his skills under, among others, legendary chef Joël Robuchon, before opening his own restaurant, The Shipwright’s Daughter in Mystic, Connecticut, where he serves fabulous—sustainable—seafood, shellfish, and even kelp! Yes, Kelp. It’s great!
The first woman to win Top Chef, who also won Iron Chef and was named James Beard best chef in the Great Lakes region, Stephanie Izard has blazed culinary trails in Chicago and Los Angeles. She’s mastered various cuisines, from China to South America, her featured ingredient is goat, and she can still song the happy birthday song from her early days at the Olive Garden.
David Standridge, who just won the James Beard award as best chef in the northeast, honed his skills under, among others, legendary chef Joël Robuchon, before opening his own restaurant, The Shipwright’s Daughter in Mystic, Connecticut, where he serves fabulous—sustainable—seafood, shellfish, and even kelp! Yes, Kelp. It’s great!
The first woman to win Top Chef, who also won Iron Chef and was named James Beard best chef in the Great Lakes region, Stephanie Izard has blazed culinary trails in Chicago and Los Angeles. She’s mastered various cuisines, from China to South America, her featured ingredient is goat, and she can still song the happy birthday song from her early days at the Olive Garden.
He’s got the Michelin stars, he’s got the James Beard Awards, he’s been named by Time Magazine one of the most influential people in the world, and he’s fighting to change what and how we eat. Dan Barber says it isn’t about political correctness; no, you don’t have to stop eating meat; and he explains why flavor is disappearing from the American table.
Fresh off her 2024 James beard Award as best chef in the Midwest, Christina Nguyen talks with David Page about her path to celebrated restaurateur—growing up in Minneapolis to immigrants from Vietnam; entering the food world with no experience by opening a food truck selling South American sandwiches; turning a notorious strip club into a Southeast Asian restaurant. And she discusses her restaurant’s “no assholes” policy.
