Chef Q&A

Stories behind the food we love.
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Chef Tonya Council Shares Her Tastes of the South, One Bite at a Time

By Stacy Brooks

A North Carolina chef turns her pecan crisp cookie recipe into a nationwide juggernaut of baked goodness and then some.

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A James Beard Award Winning Pastry Chef Takes Her Passion to North Carolina

By Elizabeth Hazard

The pandemic got this James Beard award winner thinking more about priorities and a balanced life. Now pastry chef Camille Cogswell has a big mountain project up her sleeve.

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Chef Dale Talde Wants You to Get All Up in His Grill

By Sarah Strong

Restaurateur, Top Chef contestant and judge Dale Talde partnered with Tastemade for the ultimate summer grilling show: All Up In My Grill.

Daniele Uditi

Meet Chef Daniele Uditi: The Pizzana Founder Now Cooking on Tastemade’s “Make This Tonight”

By Victoria Pardo

Chicken parm with sauce on the bottom is just one of Chef Daniele Uditi’s playful dishes. He also likes to use his aunt’s 60-year-old starter dough for his famous pizza crust.

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Brette Warshaw Helps Answer the Question “What’s the Difference?” in the Kitchen

By Sarah Strong

Think you know the difference between a sweet potato and a yam? What about lox versus nova? “What’s the Difference?” might have a few things to teach you.

Struggle Meals chef Frankie Celenza with a Walmart branded bag of food

In the Kitchen with Chef Frankie Celenza of “Struggle Meals”

By Sarah Strong

Sustainable, low-waste, vegetable forward meals are what Chef Frankie Celenza creates for “Struggle Meals,” though we think they take most of the struggling out of the kitchen. Read our interview to find out what Celenza keeps in his pantry and how his style has changed during the pandemic.

A Q&A with Chef John DeLucie

By Ken Carlton

Before there was food, there was music. Early in his cooking career, John DeLucie, son of a jazz playing father and Italian cooking mother, gigged live on stage at a…