FSR August 2022

Chefs & Ingredients

CULINARY INSPIRATION AND STORIES FROM INDUSTRY TRAILBLAZERS MENTIONED IN THIS SECTION SUPERCHEFS • • • THA DRIPPING CRAB • • • PICCOLO SOGNO • • • NONNINA • • • BORDER GRILL

Superheroes and Super Chefs

AT SUPERCHEFS, THE EGGS BENEDICT IS ANCHORED BY A PAIR OF DEEP-FRIED CHEESE GRIT CAKES.

DARNELL SUPERCHEF FERGUSON

AS A KID, DARNELL ‘SUPERCHEF’ FERGUSON would watch cooking shows and imagine himself one day starring in his very own TV program. His favorite host was Emeril Lagasse, because, as Ferguson says, the chef’s cheery and ener getic personality on “Emeril Live” captured his imagination. “As soon as I watched Emeril, I knew that my destiny was to be on television,” Ferguson says.

BY TREVOR GRINER Chef Darnell Ferguson joins the ranks of the celebrity chefs he’s long admired.

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