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8 hours agoMentorship Over Clicks as Celebrity Chefs Spotlight Rising Talent in NYC
Earlier this summer, the James Beard Foundation's Platform space at Pier 57 hosted something you don't often see in New York: Celebrity chefs Carla Hall, Andrew Zimmern, and Aarón Sánchez cooking shoulder-to-shoulder with three little-known cooks plucked from a field of nearly 92,000 applicants across the country. The event marked the live showcase of Favorite Chef, a national competition that has raised more than $12 million for the Beard Foundation since 2023.
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