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E84: Sherry Pocknett – “Not Your Average” James Beard Award winner

From the big city of Chicago, I bring this episode featuring 2023 James Beard Award Best Chef of the Northeast, Sherry Pocknett (Wampanoag). We talk about her win, her battle with cancer and how her past shaped the chef she is today. (Lead photo by Huge Galdones courtesy of the James Beard Foundation)

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From the big city of Chicago, I bring this episode featuring 2023 James Beard Award Best Chef of the Northeast, Sherry Pocknett (Wampanoag). We talk about her win, her battle with cancer and how her past shaped the chef she is today.

(Lead photo by Huge Galdones courtesy of the James Beard Foundation)

Sherry Pocknett
Justin Pioche, nominated for Best Chef of the Southwest from the Navajo Nation
Dana Thompson of Owanmi restaurant and The Sioux Chef
Emiliano and Kristal Marentes from El Paso’s ELEMI restaurant
Bleu Adams
Chicago after the awards after party
Jan and Justin’s dad of the Pioche Food Group
Crystal Wahpepah
Sean Sherman
A bite from Wahpepah’s Kitchen at the James Beard Awards reception
Chefs Yusuf Bin-Rella and Sherry Pocknett

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