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The American Staple: Wheat
Chef Driven, hosted by chef and restaurateur Frank Bonanno, is a travel and cooking show that showcases independent food and beverage artisans. Rooted in Colorado, where Bonanno owns and operates 10 concepts, Chef Driven showcases the people that power the restaurant scene: the chefs, farmers, ranchers, bakers, confectioners, brewers, cheesemakers and foragers that make restaurants possible.
The American Staple: Wheat
Chef Driven Episode 5 | 26m 46s | CC
Frank starts the episode in Kansas, learning about how farmers are utilizing modern technology to bring one of the world’s most important crops in to the 21st century. Frank then heads to Denver to learn how Wheat turns in to Whiskey, and we close out the episode at one of The West’s oldest traditions, The Cheyenne Frontier Days Pancake Breakfast.
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