Top Chef’s Dawn Burrell On Competing In The Olympics And On Food TV

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4.6 • 592 Ratings

🗓️ 9 August 2021

⏱️ 48 minutes

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*"Top Chef" Season 18 Spoilers Ahead!* Chef Dawn Burrell is no stranger to pressure. Turns out that Dawn, the runner-up on the recent season of "Top Chef," was also in the 2000 Olympics in Sydney! She joins guest host Vitus Spehar of TikTok’s "Under The Desk News" to talk about her track & field days; cooking for Padma, Gail, and Tom; and Late August, the Houston restaurant she’ll be opening soon that draws on the flavors and foods of the African diaspora. We also learn who her "Top Chef" bestie was and why she’s passionate about Lucille’s 1913, the Houston-based non-profit that provides meals to those in need, culinary training, and more. Thank you to Free People for supporting this episode. Radio Cherry Bombe is recorded at Newsstand Studios at Rockefeller Center in New York City. Our theme song is by the band Tra La La. Visit cherrybombe.com/dawn-burrell-transcript for a transcript of this episode.

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0:00.0	Rejection sometimes is hard to deal with, but it's also, you know, it's also necessary for you to figure out how bad you want something.
0:23.6	Hey. Boys and girls are all right up Oh, world's chicken, drinking, baby, and we're all about it. Hey, Bomb Squad.
0:25.6	You're listening to Radio Cherry Bomb, and I'm your guest host, V. Spear from TikTok's Under the Desk News,
0:32.6	filling in for host Carrie Diamond, who is on vacation.
0:35.6	We're coming to you from New Stand Studios at Rockefeller Center in the heart of New York City.
0:42.3	Today's guest is Chef Don Burrell, who made it to the top three in the most recent season of Top Chef.
0:48.6	Chef Dawn is in New York City today and just walked over from the Today Show.
0:52.5	I am so excited to get to talk to her. Let's find out
0:56.5	what it was like trying to wow Tom, Padma, and Gail during Top Chef season 18 and what Dawn's
1:01.8	game plan was. We'll also talk about her time as an Olympic athlete, competing in the Sydney
1:06.9	Olympics in the year 2000, and how that focus and discipline helped her in Top Chef.
1:12.3	If you haven't watched season 18 yet, one thing to note, there are spoilers ahead.
1:18.2	Today's show is brought to you by Free People. Don't miss the Cherry Bomb Free People Summer
1:23.5	Supper Club featuring food stylist Mariana Velasquez and chef Tara Thomas.
1:30.2	Watch their videos on the Free People YouTube channel to get Mariana and Tara's plant-based
1:34.9	recipes and learn their tips and tricks.
1:38.2	A little light housekeeping from Cherry Bomb HQ.
1:41.8	On August 16th from 6 to 8 p.m., Cherry Bomb is celebrating Julia Child's 109th birthday
1:47.9	and their special Julia Child issue. Join the team at the bungalow at Brookfield Place in Manhattan
1:55.1	for birthday cake, sprinkles cupcakes, and a special pop-up shop. The event is free, but you do need to RSVP. So visit
2:02.7	Cherrybom.com for more. Now, here's my interview with Chef Don Burrell. So, Chef Don,
2:11.8	Don, thank you for being here. I am so excited to get to know you a little bit better. Thanks for
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