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Chef Driven

Growing in the West

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.

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Growing in the West

Chef Driven Episode 6 | 26m 55s | CC

Frank starts in Denver at a local taco joint learning how to cook with cactus, then visits an innovative farm in an industrial neighborhood, and then heads to the Western Slope to learn about water rights on a main tributary of the Colorado River, finally ending in Grand Junction Colorado where distillers and chefs have learned unique practices to produce Liquors and develop menus.

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