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MAD Alumni
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5 Questions with Shiv Menon
After country-hopping since he was 16, from the Seychelles to France, India to the Maldives, two things were important to Shiv Menon: diving and biodynamic wine. So, naturally, when asked to join the MICHELIN Green-starred BOCA in Dubai —leaders in sustainable gastronomy— he was on the next flight to the City of Gold. Now as…
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5 Questions with Sarah Knight
Sarah Knight’s resume would read like the title of a John Le Carré novel, if Le Carré wrote about food: Waiter, Chef, Butcher, Rancher. But in that list of jobs is a far more interesting story of an aimless American teenager who fell into restaurant work.
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5 Questions with César Garduño
We check in with César Garduño, whose career has taken some unusual turns in the last few years — first Dill in Iceland, now Credo in Norway.
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5 Questions with Karyn Tomlinson
Each month, Digest interviews one of MAD Academy’s alumni. First up, chef Karyn Tomlinson, who worked at TK in Minneapolis and Fäviken in Sweden before opening her first restaurant, Myriel.
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MAD’s first Alumni Kitchen Pop-up
Under the auspices of the Copenhagen Cooking Festival, five talented MAD Academy alumni came together in Copenhagen to plan, cook, and serve an extraordinary meal designed to both delight and provoke its guests.
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Interview with Ayesha Abdullah
A lifelong passion for learning and a commitment to building community has fueled Ayesha Abdullah’s culinary entrepreneurship. Her pop-up series, ‘Round Midnight Dinner, showcases the vibrant settings and ingredients of Northern California while also paying homage to the family meals lovingly remembered from her childhood. On Instagram, her video content is warm and intimate, allowing…