Alex Seidel will be the first to tell you he isn’t looking to open a 12-restaurant franchise. He just wants to cook, and he wants his ingredients to be fresh, local and delicious. His connection to food has earned him accolades and fans, alike. In 2010, he won the “Best New Chef” title from Food & Wine Magazine, and his creamery won two American Cheese Society awards for their sheep’s…
Jessica Silverman owns a renowned contemporary art gallery in San Francisco. She is known for curating thought-provoking exhibitions of work by emergent artists and building artists’ careers through sales to a broad range of national and international museums. She came to love Sante Fe through two of her artists—legendary feminist Judy Chicago and celebrated native sculptor Rose B. Simpson. Born in Michigan and introduced to art by her grandparents (who…
Nina Compton’s story is one of serendipity and connectivity. From the small Caribbean island of St. Lucia to England and Jamaica, New York to Miami, she's followed her dream and honed her culinary chops alongside some of the world’s most renowned chefs. It was her stint on Top Chef where she found her passion for New Orleans. Nina seized an opportunity to move to the Big Easy and open her…
Holly Perkins is at the top of her game. A Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist, women’s strength expert, and speaker, she’s the author of Lift to Get Lean, a woman's guide to fitness and training. She’s also a contributing writer for numerous magazines including Women’s Health, Prevention, SELF, Shape and Fitness. She’s trained some of the world’s most famous names and has appeared in a slew of exercise videos, on…
Justin will tell you he’s made plenty of mistakes throughout his culinary career. His secret to success, though, is that he’s never made the same mistake twice. Justin’s culinary career began after dropping out of college and taking an internship under Jean-Georges Vongerichten. He quickly moved from intern to line cook to chef de cuisine, eventually helping Jean-Georges open more than 15 restaurants all over the world. During this time,…
