Kevin Holt

I love cooking low country, South Carolina style of Gullah foods.

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Who or what inspires you to cook?

My grandmother, great aunt, Edna Lewis, Mashama Bailey, Chef Cliff Rome and geechie cuisine in general. The favorite food memories of planning the menus as a kid with my family. Knowing that we’d have oysters in our dressing for thanksgiving and a pork roast to nibble on while cooking for the holiday. Helping to prep the sweet potatoes for pies.

What's your all time favorite dish to make?

Low country gumbo with a side of cornbread and carolina rice.

What would you do with the $25,000?

I’d open an affordable state-of the-art (cloud kitchen) in the south side of Chicago community of Chatham. So that my fellow local chefs of color still catering from their homes and basements. Will have a professional facility available for them to come and create and nurture their craft and businesses.

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