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,…

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…

Jamie is a woman of contrasts, soft-spoken with a sharp wit, somebody who values the functional and the beautiful. She’s constantly learning, building, modifying, making. Her cooking career started in 2012, in her hometown of Minneapolis/St. Paul. Just one year into working at award-winning Chef Tim McKee’s Sea Change, Jamie was named 2013 Best New Chef in America by Food & Wine. Fast forward a few years when she and…

Cookbook author, baker, gardener, sourdough master. Sarah Owens is a true bread winner. Her first book, Sourdough, received a James Beard award; her following releases, Toast & Jam and Heirloom, have been met with equal acclaim. But reading recipes is not the only way to experience the Owens oeuvre. Sarah owns wholesale and workspace, Ritual Fine Foods, teaches workshops and curates events around the world. Through all her efforts, she’s…

Before Cheetie discovered her culinary calling, she was following a different path to becoming a rockstar. But things changed when she began studying recipes while pursuing her music career. Now she channels her creativity in both her musical and culinary practice. The award-winning chef learned cooking techniques from her mother, and she uses them to flavor ingredients she sources locally in North Carolina. In fact, she says her mother was…

Ann Kim will make you question everything you know about pizza and still leave you craving for more. Her Minneapolis restaurants, Pizzeria Lola, Hello Pizza and Young Joni have topped countless top restaurant lists, and led her to recently win the James Beard Award for Best Chef: Midwest. A Korean immigrant, she brings her heritage to the forefront while topping it with cross-continental flavors and charring it all to 800-degree…