Anna Thomas is a cookbook author (The Vegetarian Epicure, The Vegetarian Epicure, Book Two, The New Vegetarian Epicure) and filmmaker (including the Academy Award-nominated "El Norte"). She serves on the faculty of the American Film Institute.
Debra Samuels is an author—most recently of The Korean Table, a cooking teacher, and a food writer and stylist for The Boston Globe. She developed the "Kids Are Cooking" series on food, culture and nutrition for Boston's Children's Museum.
Taekyung Chung is the author of several cookbooks, including The Korean Table. She is a frequent contributor to newspapers and magazines and has taught Korean cooking for 20 years.
Ming Tsai is a James Beard award-winning chef, restaurateur, author, Emmy Award-winning televsion host and producer, and product developer. He is the chef-owner of James Beard-nominated Blue Ginger, host and executive producer of the public television cooking show "Simply Ming," and national spokesperson for the Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network. He is the author of several cookbooks, most recently Simply Ming One-Pot Meals: Quick, Healthy & Affordable Recipes, which he co-authored with Arthur Boehm.
Molly Stevens is a food writer, editor and cooking teacher. She is the author of All About Roasting: A New Approach to a Classic Art, which won a 2012 James Beard award and two IACP awards, and All About Braising: The Art of Uncomplicated Cooking, which won a 2005 James Beard award and an IACP award. Her articles and recipes appear in Fine Cooking magazine, where she serves as a contributing editor, and other publications. She was selected as the 2007 Bon Appetit Cooking Teacher of the Year and as the 2006 Cooking Teacher of the Year in the IACP Awards of Excellence.
René Redzepi's Copenhagen restaurant Noma was voted the best restaurant in the world in the 2010 San Pellegrino Awards. Named one of "the 100 most influential people in the world" by TIME in 2012, he is the author of Noma: Time and Place in Nordic Cuisine.
Madhur Jaffrey is a cook, author and award-winning actress. Specializing in Indian food, she has written more than 15 books, most recently At Home with Madhur Jaffrey. Her writing has been published in The New York Times, The Financial Times, The New Yorker, Saveur, Bon Appetit, Gourmet, Vogue, Smithsonian and House Beautiful, among other publications. She has appeared in more than 20 films, including Merchant Ivory’s "Heat and Dust." She was awarded an honorary CBE for “her services to drama and promotion of appreciation for Indian food and culture.”
Jenna Woginrich is the author of Barnheart, Chick Days and Made from Scratch. She blogs at Cold Antler Farm, Mother Earth News and The Huffington Post.
Allegra McEvedy is a chef, writer and broadcaster. She is co-founder of the restaurant group LEON, served as chef in residence at The Guardian, and has presented on televsion and radio shows. She is the author of five books, most recently Bought, Borrowed & Stolen: Recipes and Knives from a Travelling Chef. Allegra received an MBE for her service to the hospitality industry.
Andy Ricker is a chef and restaurateur who specializes in Thai cuisine. He won a James Beard award in 2011 and owns restaurants in Portland, Ore., and New York under the Pok Pok umbrella.