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Tam Pham of Tâm Tâm

Dream Team DinnersMiami

Kwame Onwuachi Showed Me the Rewards of Being Unapologetically Yourself

Tâm Tâm chef Tam Pham reflects on how watching Kwame Onwuachi stay true to himself and his beliefs — and be successful — inspired him.

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Aaron Lindell and Hannah Ziskin of Quarter Sheets

Dream Team DinnersLos Angeles

Jacques Pépin’s Influence Was There All Along

After growing up watching his cooking shows, Quarter Sheets chef Aaron Lindell realizes that Jacques Pépin’s influence was there all along.

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Masako Morishita of Perry's

Dream Team DinnersWashington D.C.

My Mother Taught Me Everything I Know

For Perry’s chef Masako Morishita, it all began when her mother Ryoko taught her how to fold gyoza at her family’s tiny restaurant in Kobe, Japan.

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Chris Jung of Maxwells Trading

Dream Team DinnersChicago

How Sean Brock Helped Me Find My Culinary Identity

For Maxwells Trading chef Chris Jung and a generation of cooks, Sean Brock’s “Mind of a Chef” episodes defined what it meant to cook as an American.

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Yara Herrera of Hellbender

Dream Team DinnersNew York

What Martha Stewart Taught Me About Success

Hellbender chef Yara Herrera on how Martha Stewart inspires her all-encompassing understanding of what it means to deliver hospitality.

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Sam Yoo of Golden HOF and NY Kimchi

Dream Team DinnersNew York

Why I’ll Never Forget a Questlove DJ Set

How watching Questlove perform 10 years ago inspired chef Sam Yoo to give it his all.

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