Chefs Katie Button and Preeti Mistry

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4.6 • 592 Ratings

🗓️ 20 October 2016

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Chef Katie Button is a Southern chef with a scientific mind who honed her craft at some of the world’s best restaurants, including elBulli. She is the executive chef and co-owner of Cúrate Tapas Bar and Nightbell in Asheville, North Carolina, where she has earned world-wide recognition and accolades. Chef Button is devoted to high-quality, sustainable cuisine and excellent service. Born in London and raised, chef Preeti Mistry’s innovative cooking is inspired by her multicultural background, Indian heritage and world travels. With almost 12 years in the industry, Preeti’s culinary adventure began at the prestigious Le Cordon Bleu Culinary Academy in London where she studied culinary arts. After moving back to the US she went on to hold Executive Chef roles at the deYoung Museum, the Legion of Honor in San Francisco and Google HQ in Mountain View, CA. She was also a contestant on season six of Bravo’s Top Chef in the U.S. Preeti is currently working on a cookbook set to be published by Running Press in Spring 2018.

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0:00.0	Hi, everybody, welcome.
0:06.7	Hi, everybody, welcome to Radio Cherry Bomb. The Ind Carrie Diamond, editorial director of Cherry Bomb, the indie magazine about women and food.
0:25.5	On today's show, we'll be talking with Chef Preeti Meastry of Juhu Beach Club in Oakland and chef Katie Button from Asheville, North Carolina, who has a brand new cookbook.
0:34.9	This season of Radio Cherry Bomb is brought to you by Kanaf, publisher of
0:39.0	food's most fabulous icons, from Julia Child to Lydia Bostionage, and home to new literary talents,
0:45.4	such as Sweet Bitter's Stephanie Danler. Our first guest is Katie, a mom and the chef behind
0:52.4	Curatee and Nightbill in Asheville. Katie holds a degree in
0:56.1	chemical and biomolecular engineering from Cornell University and a master's degree in biomedical
1:02.1	engineering from a Cole Central in Paris. After volunteering with Habitat for Humanity in Zambia,
1:08.5	she decided to drop out of a prestigious PhD program two weeks before it started.
1:14.4	She wound up waitressing at Jose Andres mini bar in Washington, D.C., and began a new chapter of her life.
1:20.8	We're going to let her tell you the rest.
1:23.2	Katie Button, welcome to Radio Cherry Palm.
1:25.6	Thank you.
1:26.9	It's great to finally have you here.
1:28.3	I'm so excited. So take us back to that time in Zambia. What was going through your mind?
1:34.7	Well, I mean, I needed a break, I think. I decided I needed a break from the studies and
1:42.3	working. I'd been working in a laboratory in Baltimore and just wanted to get out and clear my
1:47.4	head before my PhD started.
1:49.7	And I wanted to do something great and travel to an interesting place and a culture I'd
1:54.9	never been to.
1:55.5	So I found the Habitat for Humanity program in Zambia and went and built houses for a month.
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