by Josh Munro | Mar 16, 2021 | 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, Amabassadors, Ambassadors Region, Ambassadors Year, Jack Yoss, North America
Jack Yoss Follow Chef Jack Yoss found his culinary passion and curiosity to experience different food cultures at a young age. As a child, he spent his early years in Brazil, Greece, and Caracas, Venezuela, finally settling in Boulder City, Nevada, where he spent the...
by Josh Munro | Mar 16, 2021 | 2021, 2022, Amabassadors, Ambassadors Region, Ambassadors Year, Antonio Park, North America
Antonio Park Follow I learned how to cook from my mom, watching her make things from scratch. The simplest things ever: milling your own spices at home on a stone, drying your own gochugaru peppers, fermenting your own miso, making your own soya sauce. She opened my...
by Josh Munro | Mar 16, 2021 | 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, Amabassadors, Ambassadors Region, Ambassadors Year, Manuel Echeverri, North America
Manuel Echeverri Follow A native of Bogota, Colombia, Echeverri moved to Miami after high school to pursue a career in music. He started working in restaurants to supplement his music aspirations and was quickly drawn to the culinary world. After receiving his...
by Josh Munro | Mar 16, 2021 | 2021, 2022, Amabassadors, Ambassadors Region, Ambassadors Year, North America, Seth Blumenthal
Seth Blumenthal Follow Hailing from the Windy City, Seth Blumenthal always knew the kitchen was his calling and has worked his way through the ranks from a young age. Before enrolling at Chicago’s Kendall College, Seth begun his career as a dishwasher at a local...
by Josh Munro | Mar 16, 2021 | 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, Amabassadors, Ambassadors Region, Ambassadors Year, North America, Travis Swikard
Travis Swikard Follow San Diego native Travis Swikard can remember the moment he knew he would be a chef: just 4 years old, he watched his father deglaze a pan with Cognac. Flames erupted, and a culinary passion was ignited. Growing up amidst the farms of “North...
