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Sam Freund – Old Soul, Modern Mindset

I approach everyone like an adult. And I’m very real at the end. This is a business. But I want to make sure people are happy here and I create an atmosphere of family. I just don’t hire people you know all my servers have to take tests quarterly about the menu. My main goal, for…

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Alex Harrell – Modernizing Southern Food

Several years back, Chef Alex Harrell was part of a group of young chefs who challenged the status quo in New Orleans by adapting the traditional cuisine from the South and leveraging seasonal local ingredients. He started at Sylvain, then at the famous Angeline and now at The Elysian Bar. Chef HarrellĀ likes to say that…

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Episode 7: Michael Fojtasek

I feel that Southern food is very much representative of American food in general. I think it is to me the most indicative of what American food has been and continues to evolve. Personally I try to keep it much in line with who I am and what my background speaks to. I try not…

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Episode 2: Rebecca Wilcomb – Herbsaint

” I am influenced by ingredients, by places, by stories, and by people. So the creative process… I wish I could tell you there was a formula that I use but there isn’t. It’s all instinct and gut feeling when it comes to food. I think the ingredients are what inspires me.” What we covered…

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