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Sep 2023

1h 5m

Cheetie Kumar's latest track: AJJA

North Carolina Food & Beverage

About this episode

What fulfills chef Cheetie Kumar? This episode gives us a glimpse.

Is it writing and performing music for Birds of Avalon or cooking at Garland and now Ajja?
Running The Great Cover Up?
Cooking pan-asian food?
Figuring out how to be the dumbest person in the room?
Going from Garland/Kings/Neptune's 10,800 square feet to Ajja's 1.800 Square feet?
Creating gluten free bread- Imagine That?

You will have to listen in to find out!

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