Chef Team
Our chef team members travel to countries around the world to learn about other cultures through the power of food.
The chefs cook alongside local citizens, learning their culinary traditions and who they are as a people, while also sharing a taste of American culture and cuisine. Upon their return to the U.S., they engage domestic audiences at community events, sharing the food and the stories of the people they met. Participating in engagements all around the country, the chefs connect and communicate what they have learned through the common language of food.
Fariyal Abdullahi
Hav & Mar
Eric Adjepong
Food Network’s Wildcard Kitchen
Victor Albisu
Taco Bamba
Sunny Anderson
Food Network’s The Kitchen
Cathal Armstrong
Kaliwa
Melissa Araujo
Alma
Nyesha Arrington
Fox’s Next Level Chef
Kyle Bailey
The Salt Line
Rick Bayless
Frontera
Richard Blais
Fox’s Next Level Chef
Bob Blumer
Chef & Cookbook Author
Amy Brandwein
Centrolina
Maya Camille Broussard
Justice of Pies
Jeffrey Buben
Bistro Bis
Tim Byres
Firebrand
Peter Callahan
Peter Callahan Catering
Maneet Chauhan
Food Network's Chopped
Esther Choi
Mokbar
Sarah Cole
Abadir’s
Giada De Laurentiis
Food Network’s Giada Entertains
Luigi Diotaiuti
Al Tiramisu
Rocco DiSpirito
Chef & TV Personality
William Dissen
The Marketplace Restaurant and Lounge
Kirsten Dixon
Within the Wild
Mandy Dixon
Within the Wild
Matthew Dolan
25 Lusk
Scott Drewno
Chiko
Maziar Farivar
Peacock Café
Chip Flanagan
Metairie Country Club
Ben Ford
The Electric Jane
Amanda Freitag
Food Network's Chopped
Lorena Garcia
Netflix's Iron Chef:
Quest for an Iron Legend
Duff Goldman
Food Network's Ace of Taste
Jerome Grant
Mahal Open Fire BBQ
Todd Gray
Equinox
David Guas
Bayou Bakery, Coffee Bar & Eatery
Rock Harper
Queen Mother’s Fried Chicken
Kerry Heffernan
Grand Banks
Tanya Holland
Brown Sugar Kitchen
Robert Irvine
Food Network’s
Restaurant: Impossible
Frida Johansson
Embassy of Sweden
Elizabeth Karmel
Karmel Culinary Consultants
Sam Kass
Trove
Jim Lahey
Sullivan Street Bakery
Mourad Lahlou
Mourad
Danny Lee
Anju
Jamie Leeds
Hank's Oyster Bar
Adrian Lipscombe
Uptowne Café and Bakery
Antonia Lofaso
Dama
Tony Mantuano
Yolan
Maria Mazon
BOCA
Tory McPhail
Parker's Restaurant Group
Spike Mendelsohn
PLNT Burger
Mary Sue Milliken
Border Grill
Rick Moonen
Perry’s Restaurants
Lamar J. Moore
Black Chef Table
Daniela Moreira
Call Your Mother
Marc Murphy
Food Network's Chopped
Kaz Okochi
KAZ Sushi Bistro
Kwame Onwuachi
Tatiana
Mario Pagan
Mario Pagan Restaurant Group
Guillermo Pernot
Cuba Libre Restaurant & Rum Bar
Lauren Radel
Porchetta
David Rose
Chef & TV Personality
Frank Ruta
Annabelle
Aaron Sánchez
Johnny Sánchez + Adobo Cantina
Kevin Sbraga
Sonny & Sons
Barton Seaver
Coastal Culinary Academy
Aarti Sequeira
TV Personality & Cookbook Author
Pierre Serrao
Ghetto Gastro
Reid Shilling
Shilling Canning Company
Olumide Shokunbi
Spice Kitchen
Art Smith
Chef Art Smith's Homecomin'
Michael Solomonov
Zahav
Vikram Sunderam
Rasika
Marcel Vigneron
The Astor & Lemon Grove
Rey Villalobos
University of Chicago
Bryan Voltaggio
Thacher & Rye
Justin Walker
Walkers Main
Lester Walker
Ghetto Gastro
Eric Ziebold
Kinship & Métier
Andrew Zimmern
Chef & TV Personality