GAR Chefs

Chef and artist Sarah Jones used her pastry & culinary skills and tools to create art sculptures, pieces and paintings.

Chef Steve Pizarro Americanized Cuba-styled fritas with Harrisonburg restaurant, CubanBurger.

Chef Raegan’s vegan soul food includes flavors reminiscent of African recipes.

Chef Rashad loves cooking eclectic recipes inspired by his grandmother.

Jen Naylor’s introduction to American food at age 14 was not an auspicious start. Her father, who had brought her mother and three siblings to the United States from their native South Korea for a new life, took the whole family out for fast-food hamburgers.

Many chefs will tell you about a childhood spent learning in their mother’s kitchen, but Antwon Brinson’s mom had her hands full with other concerns.