Recording of-Spotlight on Chef Kwame Onwuachi

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Chef Kwame Onwuachi joined Illinois Libraries Present libraries to present on his exciting career in food, as chronicled in his bestselling memoir, Notes from a Young Black Chef. 

A James-Beard award-winning chef, Onwuachi opened five restaurants before turning thirty. He was a 2015 Top Chef contestant and can currently be seen judging Food Network's Chopped. In 2021, Onwuachi became the youngest Executive Producer at Food & Wine magazine. 

Chef Erick Williams moderated our event with Chef Kwame. Chef Erick Williams is Owner and Executive Chef at Chicago's Virtue Restaurant & Bar and winner of this year's Jean Banchet Chef of the Year award. Last month, Chef Erick and Chef Kwame cooked together at Virtue, featuring a unique selection of dishes from My America. Learn more about Erick and Virtue Restaurant.