NGAC Brooklyn: Johann Cottier with Celeste Rogers & André Hueston Mack

Host Celeste Rogers, Chopped Winner, international chef and dynamic TV personality, and our local expert, restaurant entrepreneur, sommelier, author, and designer AndréHueston Mack, chat with the winning chef of NGAC/Brooklyn, Johann Cottier, executive chef at Red Hook Tavern. You’ll hear about Cottier’s origin story, Lyon experience, and the mentors who helped develop his style of cooking. Cottier also lifts the veil on the reality of running a restaurant during the pandemic and describes his favorite dining establishments in BKLN, including his go to pizza place (see if it’s yours as well). Celeste and Andre dish about OG establishments, food culture and trends in BKLN, can’t miss restaurants. up-and-coming venues, and restaurants with the best wine lists. Looking forward to a post-COVID world, they discuss popsicles with booze, no-waste restaurants, use of devices to limit interactions with servers, and what else may change—and yes, what may remain the same. The NGAC Brooklyn Honorable Mention Chef is Jean Adamson from Vinegar Hill House. The other NGAC nominees are Katie Jackson (Hart's); Jake Leiber and Aidan O’Neal (Le Crocodile); (An Chen Le Kahn, Bolero); Chris McDade (Popina); Garrett McMahan (Celestine); John Seymour (Sweet Chick);   Manadsanan Sutipayakul (Noods n’ Chill); and  JT Vuong (Rule of Thirds), This episode was sponsored by the Cambridge School of Culinary Arts.