Anna Thomas

Screenwriter, filmmaker and author

Because: excellence. Charlie Trotter cooked and wrote about food that is very different from my simple home cooking, but I find his work inspiring and illuminating – to look at, to read about, and to eat. Just because you love the blues, that doesn’t mean you can’t love opera as well.

Tyson Cole

Partner/executive chef

Jim Clendenen

Mind Behind Au Bon Climat

Adam Byatt

Chef