Episode 39: CHSWFF17: Katie Button

Published: March 5, 2017, 4:50 a.m.

b"A surprise guest for the end of day one, Katie Button of C\\xfarate and Nightbell in Asheville sits down with Kat Johnson to talk about her journey from biomedical engineering student to chef and owner of a Spanish tapas restaurant in western North Carolina\\u2019s Blue Ridge Mountains.\\n\\nKatie got her start in the kitchen at Jos\\xe9 Andr\\xe9s's restaurants in the United States and then spent time working for Ferran Adri\\xe0 at the world-renowned elBulli in Spain. After meeting her husband F\\xe9lix Meana, Chef Button moved to Asheville and created Heirloom Hospitality Group with Meana and her parents. Together, they opened C\\xfarate, and most recently, Nightbell \\u2013 a contemporary American small plate restaurant."