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Top Chef Winner Kelsey Barnard Clark Wants To Reorganize Your Fridge

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4.6592 Ratings

🗓️ 18 November 2021

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

It’s no surprise Kelsey Barnard Clark won Season 16 of "Top Chef." She put her drive, determination, French training, and affection for mise en place to work for her. Plus, she sprinkled in lots of love letters to her Alabama upbringing. Today, Kelsey is the force behind KBC, an eatery, bakery, and catering operation in Dothan, Alabama. She also is the author of a brand new cookbook, "Southern Grit: 100+ Down-Home Recipes for the Modern Cook." Kelsey joins us to talk about her debut book, why her hairdryer is a crucial tool for her roast chicken recipe, and why we’ve been organizing our fridges all wrong. Thank you to Cypress Grove and Fridge No More for supporting this episode. Get 50% off your first grocery order from Fridge No More with code CHERRYBOMBE.

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0:00.0

Hi, everybody, you're listening to Radio Cherrybaum.

0:20.7

I'm your host, Carrie Diamond. Today's guest is Kelsey Barnard Clark, the winner of Top Chef Season 16, and author of a brand new cookbook, Southern Grit, 100-plus down-home recipes for the modern cook. Kelsey also is the force behind KBC, an eatery, bakery, and catering operation in Dothan, Alabama.

0:40.8

You'll understand why Kelsey called her book Southern Grit when you hear our interview.

0:45.0

She is determined and driven and is very open about the lessons learned from her early chef days.

0:50.4

I enjoyed talking to Kelsey about her new book, her favorite recipes, and her love of

0:55.2

Meism Plus. Today's show is sponsored by Fridge No More. You promise to make chocolate

1:00.3

chip cookies for the school bake sale or the office birthday party, so you preheat the oven

1:04.7

and measure everything out, and you are missing a crucial ingredient. We've all been there.

1:10.3

Fortunately, there's Fridge No More,

1:12.3

a new delivery service that gets groceries, fresh produce, or any missing ingredients right to you

1:17.8

in 15 minutes or less. Fridge No More has free delivery, no minimums, and no subscriptions. What they do

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and Queens, and they'll be opening in new areas soon. And I know this is important to you.

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company. I downloaded the Fridge No More app just the other day and ordered some

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things, and it couldn't be easier or faster. They even have a Thanksgiving section for all

1:49.5

your upcoming holiday needs. The generous folks at Fridge No More are offering radio Cherrybaum

1:55.3

listeners 50% off their first order. Yes, you heard that right, 5-0, with the code cherry bomb. Check the delivery

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map at Friginomor.com to see if your neighborhood is in the current delivery zone. Today's show is also

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sponsored by Cypress Grove. If you don't know the story behind Cypress Grove, the leading producer of

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delicious American goat cheese, well, grab a cheese board and

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gather round. It involves a mom on a mission and a herd of goats. Mary Keen, the founder of

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