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Paul Kahan: Favorite Awards Moment

JBF Editors

JBF Editors

Mon, May 16, 2016

JBF Award Winner Paul Kahan (one of …

JBF Award Winner Paul Kahan (one of tonight's Gala Reception chefs) told us about one of his fondest Awards memories: “My favorite moment was standing behind André Soltner in line in a run-through of the ceremony. That year, I also enjoyed cooking 1,000 orders of sweetbreads in a hallway on cassette burners.”