Taste Of Derby

Representing Gun Runner at Fair Grounds Race Course Parish Restaurant Monroe, LA   Cory Bahr Chef & Proprietor of Parish Restaurant, Standard Coffee Co., Heritage Catering & Bahr Food Truck in Monroe, Louisiana, where he was born and raised. Cory inherited a passion for the great outdoors and cooking—spending weekends at the family hunting camp, running fishing lines, and hunting whatever was in season. Parish, an homage to what is most important to Cory—community, culture, and culinary heritage—presents an inventive take on classic Southern dishes utilizing live fire cooking that makes use of all the flavors, technique and heritage of his beloved Delta region. He offers honest dishes with a strong sense of place, for which he has earned national recognition. Cory has been recognized for his culinary talents both regionally and nationally. He was a Food Network Star Finalist, he also Beat Bobby Flay. Food & Wine named him 'People's Best New Chef' in America and “People’s Best New Chef” Gulf Coast. He was named to the Taste of the South's 'Taste 50”, Cory is a Food Network’s Chopped! Champion. Cory was also named to the list of Louisiana Cookin’ “Chef to Watch”

Representing the Jerome at Aqueduct LaRina Pastifico e Vino Brooklyn, NY   Chef Silvia was born and raised in Northern Italy. She grew up cooking with her grandmother and always admired her ability to bring people together through her cooking. Silvia’s grandmother became sick and passed away when she was 10, which was when she decided she wanted to cook for people in a way to make them happy and bring everyone together. Cooking makes her feel so close to her grandmother in a way she wouldn’t otherwise. Chef Silvia graduated from 'E.Maggia' Stresa culinary school, and found her way in the kitchen of the Maestro of Italian cuisine, Gualtiero Marchesi where she worked for Giancarlo Perbellini. In 2012, Silvia jumped at the opportunity to move to New York for the opening of Giovanni Rana Pastificio e Cucina. Two years later, she received an offer to become Executive Chef at Aita in Brooklyn, where she directed the restaurant using fresh local produce to create traditional and modern Italian dishes. In 2016, Chef Silvia competed in Season 14 of Bravo's Top Chef. At the same time, she had decided to open a new restaurant along with a few partners. She opened Larina Pastificio e Vino in Fort Greene Brooklyn, as Chef and Co-Owner upon her return from filming. For this new venture, she used the inspiration of her childhood in Northern and Southern Italy as well as her current travels in her dishes. In 2022, she create her own sauce Arrabbiata and Yellow cherry tomatoes with Our Pantry.

Representing Breeder's Futurity at Keeneland Snackbar Oxford, MS   2019 Southern Living’s Southerner of the Year and 2019 James Beard Foundation Best Chef South, Vishwesh Bhatt has been a part of Chef John Currence’s City Grocery Restaurant Group since 1997. Vishwesh started as a prep cook at City Grocery and worked his way up to Executive Chef at Snackbar, which opened in 2009. At Snackbar, using his years of culinary experience and exposure to worldwide cultures, he has developed a menu that intertwines both Southern and subcontinental foodways. He and his wife live in Oxford, MS with their cat Bitbit and Bob the dog. In January 2022, Vishwesh was inducted into the Fellowship of Southern Farmers, Artisans and Chefs. His first book I Am From Here was released by W W Norton & Co in August 2022.