Brightwater- Executive Director Chef Marshall Shafkowitz

In this week’s edition of the Flavors of Northwest Arkansas podcast, we speak with Executive Director of Brightwater, Chef Marshall Shafkowitz, but before we talk to him?!?! FOOD NEWS!! Black Apple Cider has been acquired! We’ll hear the plans for the brand from Scarlet Letter Beverage Company Founder & CEO Dr. Jesse Core! A Michelin Recommended restaurant from Dallas is soft opening in Bentonville. We’ll tell you how you can get reservations to Written by the Seasons! Wesner’s Grill will be on a TV show this summer! AY Magazine gives us an idea of when Bentoville will open. Big Bo Karaoke is coming to Bentonville. We’re talking menu with one of the owners. The Naturals have some new menu items. We’ll tell you about them! The Fayetteville Strawberry Festival has announced their particulars. Happy 10th anniversary to Honeycomb Kitchen Shop and third anniversary to Orthodox Brewing. On this week’s Flavors Flashback, we’ll hear the origination story of Mermaid’s from Chef Todd Golden. Man, does Brightwater Executive Director and Chef Marshall Shafkowitz have some stories. Originally from New York, he’s been all over. His family restaurant got him interested in food at a young age. Quitting a corporate gig and getting a broken heart in his mid-20’s got him to love food again and find passion in it, which eventually spawned his love for teaching with help from something that his mother told him. Finally, he’ll tell us about his journey to Northwest Arkansas, and his love for it. That’s on this edition of the Flavors of Northwest Arkansas!