We enjoyed a 3-course family-style menu created by Chef Arnold Myint. Arnold is a James Beard Award-nominated chef, accoladed cookbook author, restaurateur and drag queen who won the prestigious LGBTQ+ drag circuit title of Miss Gay America in 2017 under the alter ego of Suzy Wong. In his cookbook, Chef Arnold provides readers with over 90 recipes that feature bold, dynamic and colorful Thai flavors influenced by his own heritage, upbringing as the son of beloved Nashville restaurant owners, and identity as a Southern chef and member of the LGBTQ+ community.

We enjoyed a 3-course family-style menu created by lawyer, foodie, and now author, Anna Ansari! Her debut cookbook Silk Roads: A Flavor Odyssey with Recipes from Baku to Beijing is a travelogue-memoir-cookbook that showcases her depth of history knowledge as well as witty humor, bringing you many delicious recipes along the way.

Iranian-American cook and writer Anna Ansari will be shared some of these recipes with our lucky guests  and you'll get to bring home a signed copy of her exciting book as well!

Leandra grew up speaking the language of food and is passionate about sharing it with others. At Food Chain, she helps redistribute fresh food to communities facing food insecurity, while also teaching them how to cook it. In 2017, the organization opened a teaching and processing kitchen that uses “second produce”—excess fruits and vegetables that might otherwise go to waste. Through hands-on classes and demonstrations, Food Chain connects people to fresh, sustainable food and builds knowledge of resilient food systems.

Chef and mixologist Paula Endara, originally from Quito, Ecuador,  has been in the hospitality industry for the last 13 years all over the globe. She is on this season's Top Chef where you can see her work her magic!

Throughout her endeavors, Paula has focused on identity, culture, and sustainability while advocating for community-centered sourcing and improving food systems.

Now, at The Manchester Hotel in Lexington, Kentucky, which features two restaurants: Granddam and Lost Palm.

Chef Sam is a Sri Lankan-American Chef cooking up her mother's recipes (with some new takes) out of her restaurant Tuk Tuk Sri Lankan Bites.

She was named one of Plate Magazine’s Chefs to Watch (2018), was one of Southern Living’s inaugural Cooks of the Year (2020), and was named one of Taste of the South’s Taste50 (2022).

In 2021, she joined the cast of Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street, which airs nationally on PBS stations!

In 2023, Fore was named a Finalist for Best Chef: Southeast by the James Beard Foundation Awards.

Enjoy a 5-course curated tasting menu by the sensational Chef Christine Lau.

Christine Lau was raised in Oakland, CA by parents who emigrated from Hong Kong.  Her Chinese American cuisine is strongly influenced by her upbringing in the Bay Area, her years working in New York City, and the cultural diversity that defines both..

We had the pleasure of hosting Chef Jamie Bissonnette as a guest chef at Miss Kim in June 2025. Jamie is a chef and founding partner of Boston-based hospitality group, BCB3. His work has been celebrated throughout his career, winning Food & Wine’s inaugural People’s Choice: Best New Chef award in 2011 and the James Beard Award for Best Chef: Northeast in 2014, as well as appearing on Chopped and America’s Test Kitchen: The Next Generation, battling on Iron Chef America, and serving as a judge on both Worst Cooks in America and Beat Bobby Flay.

We had the pleasure of hosting Chef Jamie Bissonnette as a guest chef at Miss Kim in June 2025. Jamie is a chef and founding partner of Boston-based hospitality group, BCB3. His work has been celebrated throughout his career, winning Food & Wine’s inaugural People’s Choice: Best New Chef award in 2011 and the James Beard Award for Best Chef: Northeast in 2014, as well as appearing on Chopped and America’s Test Kitchen: The Next Generation, battling on Iron Chef America, and serving as a judge on both Worst Cooks in America and Beat Bobby Flay.

In July of 2024, we welcomed Khushbu Shah and celebrate the release of her new book, AMRIKAN!

Khushbu Shah is a food writer and journalist who resides in Los Angeles, California. She was most recently the restaurant editor at Food & Wine magazine. where she crisscrossed the United States several times over on the hunt for the country’s best new chefs. She is the youngest person and the first person of color to ever hold that title. Khushbu grew up in Michigan, where her immigrant parents raised her with a deep appreciation for spices and good fruit. Amrikan is her debut.