Duskie Estes | |
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Born | August 4, 1968[6][7] |
Education | |
Spouse |
John Stewart (m. 2000) |
Children | 2[3][8] |
Culinary career | |
Duskie Lynn Estes (born August 4, 1968)[5][6][7] is an American chef and restaurateur.
Estes is the youngest child born to a scientist father and to Carroll L. Estes, a sociology professor.[6][5][10] She studied pre-med and law at Brown University prior to becoming a chef.[6][2] Estes then briefly attended California Culinary Academy before graduating from Brown University.[6]
In 2020–2024, Estes served as the executive chef at the nonprofit, Farm to Pantry in Healdsburg, California.[11][12]
In October 2010, Estes was selected to compete in the third season of the Food Network series The Next Iron Chef; she was eliminated at the end of the fourth episode.[6] She returned to the series during the fifth season, where she was eliminated after the second episode.[13]
Estes also infrequently serves as a judge on Guy's Grocery Games.[2][14]
Estes was a vegetarian for 22 years before meeting her husband, fellow chef and salumist John Stewart.[6][3] Together they own and operate the restaurants Zazu Kitchen + Farm, Bovolo, The Black Piglet and Black Pig Meat Co.[4][3][1][2]
Estes and Stewart have two daughters, Brydie (born 2001) and Mackenzie (born 2002), who inspired the name for their farm, MacBryde Farm.[3][8]