Chef Stephanie "Pyet" DeSpain grew up surrounded by culinary entrepreneurs, but her interest in becoming a chef herself came later in life. "I grew up with people who were very passionate about ...

When a beaming Gordon Ramsay enthusiastically asks to fill your champagne glass, and you find yourself clinking flutes of bubbly with him and celebrity chefs Richard Blais and Nyesha Arrington in a ...

Kansas City-based social media chef Stephanie “Pyet” DeSpain competed on season 1 of Next Level Chef as part of Team Nyesha Arrington. After an average start, she secured her first winning dish in ...

Pyet DeSpain took home the grand prize in Wednesday night’s episode of the new FOX show starring celebrity chef Gordon Ramsey. She’ll receive $250,000, a one-year mentorship from all three judges, and ...

The traditional Native American berry sauce known as wojapi is on its way to becoming a household word and the condiment du jour thanks to Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation and Mexican-American culinary ...

Let me start by acknowledging once more that fry bread is not a traditional food. Native people have mixed feelings about this bread because its ingredients represent our colonization. Yet I can’t ...

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In her new cookbook “Rooted in Fire: A Celebration of Native American and Mexican Cooking,” Pyet DeSpain, Season 1 winner of Gordon Ramsay’s “Next Level Chef” competition series, offers a warm ...

"Rooted in Fire," the new cookbook by award-winning chef Pyet DeSpain brims with recipes celebrating both her Potawatami and Mexican heritages. But it's also a memoir of grit and resilience, and a ...

“Rooted in Fire,” the new cookbook by award-winning chef Pyet DeSpain brims with recipes celebrating both her Potawatami and Mexican heritages. But it’s also a memoir of grit and resilience, and a ...

“If I’m going to be this person that has such a big platform to influence people,” says chef Pyet DeSpain, “then I better have something damn good to say.” DeSpain’s platform moment is here, following ...