CHEF JONNY RHODES

Award-Winning Chef & Food Historian

Hi, I’m Chef Jonny. 

I alchemize food into cultural discourse.
My work seeks to illuminate our collective responsibility to ensure sustainable food systems globally.
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Recent Work

  • Culinary Residency at Paris Olympic Games 2024

    A culinary residency curated exclusively for the 2024 Olympic Games, inspired by James Baldwin’s acclaimed collection of essays, Notes of a Native Son (1955).

  • Chef Jonny x Smithsonian NMAAHC

    "Survival Skool" A virtual cooking demo telling the story of prejudice turned solidarity between two of Houston’s most historically impoverished racial groups, as told through Caribbean flavors that reflect the same demographic.

  • Chef Jonny x Our Place

    Developed content to introduce the new Our Place "Always Pan Pro."

  • The Violence of Hunger

    Developed and taught a new history curriculum centered around my core food philosophy, this residency explores the raw, animalistic instincts of humans in desperate need of survival.

Learn more

  • James Beard Foundation

    Semi-Finalist, Rising Star Chef of the Year (2019)

  • Time Magazine

    Restaurant Indigo, Top 100 Places in the World

  • Food & Wine

    Restaurant Indigo, Best New Restaurant

  • Eater

    Chef of the Year (2019)

  • GQ Magazine

    Best New Chef (2019)