SN. 4 / EP. # 146 - Top Chef Winner (SN. 14) Brooke Williamson OVERTIME

Today we are talking to Season 14 Top Chef Winner Brooke Williamson! Brooke has been cooking since she was in single digits, and owns and operates, along with her co-chef partner & husband Nick Roberts, five restaurants throughout Los Angeles and a retail shop for home chefs and professional chef’s in Playa Provisions. Tripli-Kit is a culinary focused store specializing in cookbooks, unique kitchen gadgets & other cooking essentials.   We are catching up with Brooke who is back home in LA after a long weekend up in Montana cooking at the Resort Paws Up!CP: Brooke was the youngest female chef to ever cook at the James Beard House! Although officially beginning her career at the age of 17, Williamson always wanted to be a chef.Instead of watching cartoons, at 4 years old she was watching Julia Childs!Williamson began her culinary career at the Epicurean Institute of Los Angeles, then secured her first kitchen position as a pastry assistant at Fenix at the Argyle Hotel, under the tutelage of Michelin-starred Chef Ken Frank. Her creative energy brought her to Chef Michael McCarty’s nationally acclaimed restaurant Michael’s of Santa Monica, where she worked her way up from line cook to sous chef. Williamson later staged at the renowned Daniel restaurant in New York City. Williamson was appointed her first executive chef position at the notable Los Angeles restaurant Boxer. Following that, she opened the Brentwood eatery Zax as executive chef, and there she began to develop her signature California-inspired cuisine. At Zax, she also met her husband and business partner Nick Roberts.Find Brooke on Twitter and Insta @ChefBrookeWOn Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/Williamson.Brooke/In Playa Vista - Da KikoKiko - dakikokiko.comIn Playa Del Rey - The Tripel - thetripel.comAnd…Playa Provisions - playaprovisions.com + Tripli-Kit - triplikit.comIn redondo Beach…Hudson House - http://www.hudsonhousebar.comIn Venice…Small Batch (Yum, ice cream!)And this is so cool! Take a bike tour through Italy with Brooke & her husband Nick. There are still a couple of tickets left! All proceeds benefit No Kid hungry.orgSee more at:tourissimo.travel/chef-brooke-williamsonBooke's PRhayley [email protected] | www.wagstaffworldwide.com