Chef Cheetie Kumar, finalist for the James Beard Foundation award, Best Chef: Southeast, and mentions of other JB finalists including Kaitlyn Goalen, Chef Chris Shepherd and Chef Ashley Christensen

Published: May 23, 2020, 5 p.m.

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Chef Cheetie Kumar of Garland in Raleigh chats about being a finalist for the James Beard Foundation award, Best Chef: Southeast. The chef also addresses post-COVID-19 operations for Garland, and her cool heat & eat meal kits. Other JB finalists Kaitlyn Goalen, Chef Chris Shepherd and Chef Ashley Christensen are mentioned.

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