While The Cookies Cool

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A husband and wife team of former pastry chef certified foodie are chatting with chefs! Each episode, we'll be featuring a different chef - we'll get the scoop on their careers, hear their stories, and discuss their best food experiences! Know a chef you'd like us to feature? Email us at WhileTheCookiesCoolPodcast@gmail.com!
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#14 WTCC - Chef Gavin Kaysen
Monday, 25 January, 2021

Chef Gavin Kaysen is the chef/owner of Spoon and Stable & Demi in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He represented the USA in 2007's Bocuse d'Or as a competitor, before becoming Team USA's head coach and leading the team to second place (the first medal and podium placement ever for the United States) in 2015 and a historic first place medal in 2017's Bocuse d'Or competitions. In addition to an incredible professional resume, Chef Kaysen is a James beard award winner, one of the founding mentors of the nonprofit ment'or BKB Foundation, and the chef/owner of Soigne Hospitality Group. He started the Heart of the House Foundation at the very beginning of the COVID pandemic along with other members of his team to provide support for furloughed employees, and has launched a highly successful virtual cooking class series, GK at Home. He is such a gracious, driven, and inspiring Chef and it was a true privilege to sit and speak with him.