"I served as executive chef at New Orleans’s Bywater Brew Pub for almost three years, where I cooked Viet‑Cajun pub fare and my big seller was a braised beef and herb‑stuffed phorrito. The show’s finale staged a 40‑person reveal dinner there—scallion‑ and peanut‑topped baked oysters, sour mustard green soup, and ginger‑caramelized chicken—after producers redecorated the restaurant so I could recreate the Vietnamese dishes my mother used to make." - Justine Jones