100. High Tea: Cláudia de Brito
06/03/24 • 22 min
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On this episode of the High Tea series, Gabriel Ornelas sits down with Cláudia de Brito, Dubai-based journalist, host, moderator and content creator.
Born to Portuguese-Cape Verdean parents in Singapore, raised in Dubai and educated in London, Cláudia’s depth of experience and global perspective has helped her cover hospitality and travel for over a decade. She’s was the Editor of several publications including Caterer Middle East and Hotelier Middle East. In 2021, she was appointed Gulf Academy chair for MENA’s 50 Best Restaurants and is now also a Middle East Academy Chair for World’s 50 Best Restaurants.
In this episode, we discuss:
☑️The Worlds 50 Best Restaurant 2024, Las Vegas
☑️MENA’s 50 Best Restaurants Academy Chair
☑️Champions of Change Award 2023 | Nora Fitzgerald Belahcen of Amal in Marrakech, Morocco
☑️Dubai’s current culinary scene
☑️What defines Middle Eastern hospitality?
☑️Where her chef friends are eating in Dubai
☑️Dubai as a culinary destination!
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On this episode of the High Tea series, Gabriel Ornelas sits down with Cláudia de Brito, Dubai-based journalist, host, moderator and content creator.
Born to Portuguese-Cape Verdean parents in Singapore, raised in Dubai and educated in London, Cláudia’s depth of experience and global perspective has helped her cover hospitality and travel for over a decade. She’s was the Editor of several publications including Caterer Middle East and Hotelier Middle East. In 2021, she was appointed Gulf Academy chair for MENA’s 50 Best Restaurants and is now also a Middle East Academy Chair for World’s 50 Best Restaurants.
In this episode, we discuss:
☑️The Worlds 50 Best Restaurant 2024, Las Vegas
☑️MENA’s 50 Best Restaurants Academy Chair
☑️Champions of Change Award 2023 | Nora Fitzgerald Belahcen of Amal in Marrakech, Morocco
☑️Dubai’s current culinary scene
☑️What defines Middle Eastern hospitality?
☑️Where her chef friends are eating in Dubai
☑️Dubai as a culinary destination!
Follow Cláudia de Brito on Instagram:
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99. High Tea: Kayla Stewart
On this episode of the High Tea series, Gabriel Ornelas sits down with Kayla Stewart, Houston-and-NY-based food and travel journalist, cookbook author and Editor of Eater Houston.
Kayla’s work has been featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Eater, Travel + Leisure, Food & Wine, and others. Her piece, “The Sweetest Harvest,” won the 2023 James Beard Foundation Profile Award, and her story, “Teach a Man to Fish,” will be anthologized in the 2023 edition of Best American Food Writing. She’s currently working on a cookbook with Chef Christopher Williams about Black cuisine in Texas for Ten Speed Press.
In this episode, we discuss:
☑️Cultural applications to timeless American classics
☑️Cultural convergence in the dining scene
☑️Food and dining is changing. Tastes are changing
☑️American food has always been impacted by immigrants
☑️Generation of diners who want to know where their food is from
☑️Eater Houston working on coverage with Latino and Asian communities
☑️Cookbook about w/ Chef Christopher Williams
☑️Thoughts on future of storytelling in food
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101. Hot Spot: Jordan Kahn of VESPERTINE
As the Beatles sang in their 1967 hit, “All You Need is Love,” they weren't just referring to the love of another but also the love of oneself. Our next Hot Spot guest, Chef Jordan Kahn, is writing a new chapter in his career, focused on redefining success and joy through love.
Jordan honed his skills under culinary icons like Thomas Keller, Grant Achatz, and Michael Mina. He has been at the forefront of LA’s culinary scene with his restaurants—Destroyer, an informal daytime spot serving sophisticated, wholesome fare; Meteora, a transporting, holistic restaurant focusing on live-fire cooking that opened in 2022; and the recently reopened Vespertine, his extravagant experiment in fine dining that closed for the greater part of three years.
Vespertine’s previous accolades include two Michelin stars from 2019 to 2021, recognition as one of the Most Beautiful Restaurants by Condé Nast, and a spot on Time Magazine’s prestigious list of the World’s 100 Greatest Places.
Despite the awards, accolades, and so-called success, Jordan felt depleted and undernourished by his work. The pandemic, although devastating to the industry, also allowed him to slow down, find balance and meet the love of his life. His wife Zara has had a tremendous influence on him, helping him move "from the head to the heart" in both his creative culinary pursuits and in life in general.
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