As a young boy, Jean-Paul recalls his earliest, fondest, and most lasting memories centered on food. Whether it was his dad competing in a community cooking contest, his mom preparing family meals every evening, or his PaPaw eating biscuits and mayhaw jelly with him when they visited during the holidays. His career in the kitchen began a long time ago, boiling crawfish, crabs and shrimp at a local seafood shack in Thibodaux, Louisiana. Jean-Paul continued to work in kitchens and catering venues throughout college while attending The Chef John Folse Culinary Institute at Nicholls State University. Throughout his career, he has worked in France, California, Atlanta, St. Thomas USVI, and New York, with every one of those places influencing the food that he cooks each and every day. His roots are in the South, but his goal is to tell the story of Southern food through its foodways here in New York, and beyond.
As a young boy, Jean-Paul recalls his earliest, fondest, and most lasting memories centered on food. Whether it was his dad competing in a community cooking contest, his mom preparing family meals every evening, or his PaPaw eating biscuits and mayhaw jelly with him when they visited during the holidays. His career in the kitchen began a long time ago, boiling crawfish, crabs and shrimp at a local seafood shack in Thibodaux, Louisiana. Jean-Paul continued to work in kitchens and catering venues throughout college while attending The Chef John Folse Culinary Institute at Nicholls State University. Throughout his career, he has worked in France, California, Atlanta, St. Thomas USVI, and New York, with every one of those places influencing the food that he cooks each and every day. His roots are in the South, but his goal is to tell the story of Southern food through its foodways here in New York, and beyond.
Hunter by name and trade, Michael is an outdoorsman, forager, hunter, professional chef and cookbook author with close to three decades of expertise in a professional kitchen. Born and raised on a horse farm in southern Ontario Canada, Hunter’s dream was to own a restaurant that would combine his love for food with a passion and respect for local and wild ingredients. Michael has used his experience in the outdoors to explore his culinary creativity, becoming chef and co-owner of Antler Kitchen and Bar in Toronto, Canada in 2015. Antler is strongly rooted in regional food culture - pure, fresh and seasonal. It embodies local flavor and spirit, offering contemporary dishes with an emphasis on game meat, sustainably caught wild fish, and wild foraged vegetables and fruit along with locally farmed ingredients that are always raised with passion and care. Antler has received countless accolades in all of the local and national magazines, newspapers, and more recently the internationally acclaimed Michelin Guide. Michael has appeared on the Joe Rogan podcast as well as the Meat Eater Podcast and has cooked at culinary festivals around the world including the United States, United Arab Emirates, Australia, Russia, Saudi Arabia and Brazil.
Hunter by name and trade, Michael is an outdoorsman, forager, hunter, professional chef and cookbook author with close to three decades of expertise in a professional kitchen. Born and raised on a horse farm in southern Ontario Canada, Hunter’s dream was to own a restaurant that would combine his love for food with a passion and respect for local and wild ingredients. Michael has used his experience in the outdoors to explore his culinary creativity, becoming chef and co-owner of Antler Kitchen and Bar in Toronto, Canada in 2015. Antler is strongly rooted in regional food culture - pure, fresh and seasonal. It embodies local flavor and spirit, offering contemporary dishes with an emphasis on game meat, sustainably caught wild fish, and wild foraged vegetables and fruit along with locally farmed ingredients that are always raised with passion and care. Antler has received countless accolades in all of the local and national magazines, newspapers, and more recently the internationally acclaimed Michelin Guide. Michael has appeared on the Joe Rogan podcast as well as the Meat Eater Podcast and has cooked at culinary festivals around the world including the United States, United Arab Emirates, Australia, Russia, Saudi Arabia and Brazil.
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Chef Andy was born in Virginia and raised in the Shenandoah Valley, where he lives with his wife and three sons. While studying at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, he worked for Top Chef contestant Joy Crump at her restaurant FOODE. In 2010, he first joined Veritas as Sous Chef. Three years later, he went down the road and took up the mantle of Sous Chef at the Farmhouse at Veritas. He served as the Chef at the Farmhouse from 2014-2020. When he isn't busy in the kitchen, he enjoys spending time with his family, books, and open-wheel racing.
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