This week: Chef Plum and Marysol Castro interview Stephanie Webster and Chef Jes Bengston in a garden shop on the grounds of Terrain Cafe in Westport. (Ryan Caron King / Connecticut Public)
Welcome to Seasoned!
Marysol Castro and Chef Plum talk to Connecticut chefs about ways they’ve adapted their businesses to meet the challenges of feeding people during a pandemic. And, we’ll say goodbye to a beloved mission-driven restaurant in Hartford that closed its doors permanently due to the virus. What’s next for Cary Wheaton, the tireless creator of Firebox? Finally, Stephanie Webster and Chef Jes Bengston spearheaded “Food For The Front Lines” in Fairfield County, raising over $130,000 to support front line workers as well as 70 restaurants in the area. Stephanie is also the editor of the Connecticut Chefs Recipes for Restaurant Relief Cookbook. She shares the backstory behind those efforts along with some favorite recipes from the book.
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Robyn Doyon-Aitken and Catie Talarski contributed to this show.
GUESTS:
Tyler Anderson – Chef and restaurateur, owner of six restaurants in the state
Michele Sharma – Chef and owner of South on Bostwick Cantina & Grille in Bridgeport
Aki Arai – Chef and owner of House of Yoshida in Bethel
Louise Joseph – Chef and owner of Dough Girls Wood Fired Pizza on the Go
Cary Wheaton – Creator of Firebox in Hartford, Director of Forge City Works
Craig Sklar – Former owner of The Beer Collective in New Haven, current project: Haven Hot Chicken
David Lehman — Connecticut Commissioner of the Department of Economic and Community Development, and Governor Lamont’s Senior Economic Advisor
Stephanie Webster – Co-founder of Food For The Front Lines, creator of CTbites, editor of Connecticut Chefs Recipes for Restaurant Relief e-Cookbook
Jes Bengston – Executive chef at Terrain Garden Café and Amis Trattoria in Westport, co-founder of Food For The Front Lines and Food For Behind The Lines
Stephanie Webster spearheaded the project “Food For The Front Lines” in Fairfield County, raising over $100,000 to support front line workers as well as 40 restaurants in the area. (Ryan Caron King / Connecticut Public)
Chef Jes Bengston, Executive chef at Terrain Garden Café and Amis Trattoria in Westport, co-founder of Food For The Front Lines and Food For Behind The Lines (Ryan Caron King / Connecticut Public)
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