Meet the Chefs

Our Culinary Team

Flavored Nation’s iconic state dishes are prepared by the best chefs in the business. Expert and award-winning chefs from across the country are brought in to each event to prepare their state’s dish, so you know that what you’re tasting is authentic. Below are the chefs who appeared at our 2019 Chattanooga event.

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Culinary Director

Jared Bobkin

Alabama

Kara Hoxey

Alaska

Mandy Dixon

Arizona

Keith Breedlove

Arkansas

Tommy Leffingwell

California

David Stanford

Colorado

Christa Sauers

Connecticut

Sarah Beth Pierno

Delaware

Bill Rawstrom

Florida

Robyn Almodovar

Georgia

Natasha Carter

Hawaii

Marcus Meacham

Idaho

Zack McCullough

Illinois

Rich Aronson

Indiana

Jean Anne Bailey

Iowa

James Richards

Kansas

Joe West

Kentucky

Sterling Wright

Louisiana

Peyton Leffingwell

Maine

Jamar Jackson

Maryland

Pete Triantafilos

Massachusetts

Vince Lombardi

Michigan

Bradly Bobkin

Minnesota

Tim Fischer

Mississippi

Nick Wallace

Missouri

Greg King

Montana

David Stample

Nebraska

Sam Perdick

Nevada

Courtney Armstrong

New Hampshire

Lee Frank

New Jersey

Christine Hazel

New Mexico

Nikole Dailey

New York

Josh Brown & Jeffrey Feather

North Carolina

Ben Hart

North Dakota

Jeff Tener

Ohio

Dawn Altergott

Oklahoma

Josh Valentine

Oregon

Emilia Tomaszycki

Pennsylvania

Pattic Speights

Rhode Island

Keyhone "KT" Russell

South Carolina

La Tasha McCutchen

South Dakota

Abby Streyle

Tennessee

Michelle Huffman-Wells

Texas

Kevin Bell

Utah

AJ Wentworth

Vermont

Michelle Rodriguez

Virginia

Rachel Pennington

Washington

Patrick Nelson

West Virginia

Brittany Schwartz

Wisconsin

Jeff Reyengae & Aidan Gouran

Wyoming

Michelle Baynes

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