2024 Talent

American Chef, Television Personality, and Restaurateur

Founder, Benton's Country Hams

Champion Pitmaster & Sommelier

Chef & Restaurateur

Co-Founders, Cocktail Bandits

Culinary Director-at-Large, Food & Wine

Chef, Author, & TV Personality

Sommelier/Owner, The Tippling House

Author, Chef/Owner, Bomb Biscuit Co.

Editor-in-Chief, Southern Living

TV Host, Chef, & Podcast Host

Whiskey Expert, Critic & Collector

Chef, Food Writer, Recipe Developer, and Content Creator

Pitmaster, Palmira Barbecue

Editor-in-Chief, Travel + Leisure

Sommelier & Author

Writer & Editor

Contemporary American Painter & Printmaker

Television Host, Executive Producer, Veteran Journalist and Bestselling Author

Co-Owner & Beverage Director, Vern's

Executive Wine Editor, Food & Wine

Chef, Television Personality & Author

Chef/Co-Owner, FIG & The Ordinary

Owner, K. LAZ WINE COLLECTION

Founders, The Lee Bros. Boiled Peanuts Catalogue

Editor-in-Chief, Food & Wine

Pitmaster, Lewis Barbecue & Rancho Lewis

Chef/Owner, Chubby Fish

Editor, The SOMM Journal & Tasting Panel

Co-Founders, High Wire Distillery Co.

Professional Athlete & Winemaker

Sommelier, Wine Personality, Podcast host

Lowcountry Oyster Co.

Beverage & Hospitality Entrepreneur

Restaurant Director, Easton Porter Group

Author & Founder, Callie's Hot Little Biscuit

Sommelier & Co-Owner, Graft Wine Shop

Author & TV Host

Pitmaster, Founder, Rodney Scott's BBQ

Chef, Director of Culinary Ops for Uptown Hospitality Group

Chef, Author & Founding Director, Southern Smoke Foundation

Editor-in-Chief, Investopedia

Chef, Author, & Restaurateur

Executive Chef, Lowland, & The Quinte

Culinary Producer, Chef, and Co-Founder, The Taste Curators

Owner, Tarvin Seafood

Chef & Founder, Virtue Hospitality Group

Sommelier & Co-Owner, Graft Wine Shop

LA Chef & Restaurateur

Celebrity Chef & Culinary Entrepreneur

TV Personality & Chef