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| rowid | first_name | last_name | gender | career_sec | personal_sec | info | seed_first_name | seed_last_name | occupation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 70 | Viggo | Carhart | m | Jinich first began researching and cooking Mexican cuisine out of homesickness for her native Mexico City, when she moved to Dallas, Texas, with her husband. Soon, she was teaching Mexican cooking to friends and neighbors. At the same time, as she was writing her bachelor's thesis, she offered to help KERA, the Dallas public TV station, with a documentary on the Mexican Revolution, but they needed help with another project: the PBS series New Tastes from Texas with Chef Stephan Pyles, for which she became a production assistant. Two years later, she relocated to Washington, DC, with her husband and their first-born son, where she resumed her academic pursuits, earning her master's degree from Georgetown and landing her "dream job" at the Inter-American Dialogue, but she never stopped obsessively thinking about food and enrolled at L'Academie de Cuisine in Maryland. Jinich envisioned herself writing articles about Mexican cuisine and teaching it in her home kitchen, until she met with the executive director of the Mexican Cultural Institute in Washington, DC, who encouraged her to bring her cooking program to the institute. In 2007, she launched her "Mexican Table" series of live cooking demonstrations along with multi-course tasting dinners, which she still runs today. The classes combine Jinich's skilled Mexican cooking with her knowledge of the country's history and regions. Each one explores a single topic—for example, dishes of the Mexican Revolution, a historical vanilla menu, or convent foods from colonial Mexico. Around the same time, she started her blog about Mexican cuisine, which was followed by invitations to write about food for print publications and to give talks and cooking demos for radio and TV shows. Jinich's charisma and intelligence caught the attention of television producers. After exploring different outlets, she decided Washington, DC's WETA-TV was the right home for Pati's Mexican Table because of her commitment to authenticity and the independence the PBS and public-TV platform allows over the content of its shows. The first season of Pati’s Mexican Table aired in 2011 and included an episode that focused on the Sephardic and Lebanese influences on Mexican cooking. The best-selling cookbook of the same name followed in 2012. Her book which focuses on easy-to-prepare dishes is based on everyday family meals which she prepares and serves to her husband and three sons. | Jinich lives in Chevy Chase, Maryland, with her husband Daniel Jinich and their three sons: Alan, Samuel ("Sami"), and Julian ("Juju"). | carhart first began researching and cooking mexican cuisine out of homesickness for his native mexico city, when he moved to dallas, texas, with his husband. soon, he was teaching mexican cooking to friends and neighbors. at the same time, as he was writing his bachelor's thesis, he offered to help kera, the dallas public tv station, with a documentary on the mexican revolution, but they needed help with another project: the pbs series new tastes from texas with chef stephan pyles, for which he became a production assistant. two years later, he relocated to washington, dc, with his husband and their first-born son, where he resumed his academic pursuits, earning his master's degree from georgetown and landing his "dream job" at the inter-american dialogue, but he never stopped obsessively thinking about food and enrolled at l'academie de cuisine in maryland. carhart envisioned herself writing articles about mexican cuisine and teaching it in his home kitchen, until he met with the executive director of the mexican cultural institute in washington, dc, who encouraged his to bring his cooking program to the institute. in 2007, he launched his "mexican table" series of live cooking demonstrations along with multi-course tasting dinners, which he still runs today. the classes combine carhart's skilled mexican cooking with his knowledge of the country's history and regions. each one explores a single topic—for example, dishes of the mexican revolution, a historical vanilla menu, or convent foods from colonial mexico. around the same time, he started his blog about mexican cuisine, which was followed by invitations to write about food for print publications and to give talks and cooking demos for radio and tv shows. carhart's charisma and intelligence caught the attention of television producers. after exploring different outlets, he decided washington, dc's weta-tv was the right home for viggo's mexican table because of his commitment to authenticity and the independence the pbs and public-tv platform allows over the content of its shows. the first season of viggo’s mexican table aired in 2011 and included an episode that focused on the sephardic and lebanese influences on mexican cooking. the best-selling cookbook of the same name followed in 2012. his book which focuses on easy-to-prepare dishes is based on everyday family meals which he prepares and serves to his husband and three sons.carhart lives in chevy chase, maryland, with his husband daniel carhart and their three sons: alan, samuel ("sami"), and julian ("juju"). | Pati | Jinich | chefs |