Chef Laurent Tourondel got kicked out of school at 12.
Now? Michelin star. Viral NYC steakhouse.
🎧 In our new episode: ��� The trick to perfect steak (re-think high heat!) 🍔 His at-home burger secret 🇺🇸 His take on how Americans are eating
✨You can’t escape your true calling.✨
Chef Marisa Baggett’s @MarisaBaggett path took a bold turn when she fell in love with sushi, becoming the first Black woman in the U.S. to complete formal training & carving out space in a tradition that rarely made room for diversity.
Chef Baggett @MarisaBaggett has since authored two sushi cookbooks, made multiple television appearances, & launched a Japanese cuisine-dedicated Substack.
She redefines what sushi (& Japanese food) can be: rooted in tradition yet wide open to creativity, identity, & innovation.
Chef Baggett @MarisaBaggett helps you make sushi at home with her cookbooks and her Substack Dear Sensei, where she writes about Japanese food.🍱
Learn to tip at the sushi bar & more from the chef TOMORROW 6/10 — streaming @ https://t.co/9k7DdWDHnC & all #podcast platforms.
TFW you’re serving #sushi for the second time… to a restaurant full of Japanese businessmen.🍣
Meet Chef Marisa Baggett @MarisaBaggett , who had never tried sushi before a customer requested it at her Starkville, Mississippi café.
Now the first black woman in the U.S. to complete formal #sushichef training, Chef Baggett @MarisaBaggett is redefining expectations as a #black, #female, #Jewish sushi chef incorporating twists — like her southern-influenced sushi with pickled okra, catfish, & collard greens.