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Interview with Rasika Venkatesa
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Interview with Rasika Venkatesa

After a historic early run in Wisconsin, one of our favorite recent cheftestants stops by to talk Top Chef, her food tour of Tamil Nadu, and breaking in at French Laundry
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Few chefs have demonstrated the talent to execute risk in the Top Chef kitchen like Rasika Venkatesa. Her pretzel-barley cake with honey mustard sabayon and her daal quenelle have been highlights of the season, during which she emerged as a fan favorite.

Rasika stops by Pack Your Knives to talk about her desire to reinvent cooking from Tamil Nadu, which she recently visited on a months-long food tour. She recounts her trip, which included convincing village fishermen to take her back to their homes to cook snapper with their families. She also shares her experiences on Top Chef with little formal training, despite rising from station cook to Chef de Cuisine in three years.

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Kevin Arnovitz and Tom Haberstroh bring their die-hard fanaticism of the hit TV show Top Chef and combine it with their NBA analytical instincts to draft “fantasy” teams, interview contestants and talk about America’s food and restaurant trends. Follow along weekly as the top cooking competition meets top-shelf analysis.