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April 29, 2025 โ€ข 46 mins

To close out ๐๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ค ๐‡๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐Œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ก Iโ€™m sat down with Chef Deborah VanTrece, a culinary visionary ๐ซ๐ž๐๐ž๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐’๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐…๐จ๐จ๐. From her days as a flight attendant exploring global cuisines to becoming a ๐‰๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ ๐๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐-๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐œ๐ก๐ž๐Ÿ, restaurateur, and ๐›๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ-๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ซ, Deborah has built a legacy on honoring tradition while pushing boundaries.

๐ŸŽ™๏ธWe dish on:

โžค ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ซ๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ฏ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐’๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐…๐จ๐จ๐โ€”how it differs from Southern food and why itโ€™s a global experience

โžค ๐‡๐ž๐ซ ๐ฃ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ž๐ฒโ€”from navigating barriers as a Black LGBTQ+ woman in the industry to leading the way for future chefs

โžค ๐“๐ฐ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐’๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅโ€™๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ญโ€”how her restaurant blends comfort food with global flavors and changes the way we see Soul Food

โžค ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ & ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐งโ€”why diversity in kitchens matters now more than ever

Deborah is proof that food isnโ€™t just about whatโ€™s on the plateโ€”itโ€™s about history, culture, and bringing people together.

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