StyleBlueprint: Introducing ‘Pull Up a Chair’
Discover StyleBlueprint's original video series — Pull Up a Chair — with host Jenna von Oy, as she sits down with southern chefs, over three courses, to find out their passions, inspirations, and why they love their neighborhood.
Some of the best conversations happen around a table. ‘Pull Up a Chair’ is StyleBlueprint’s video series exploring Southern cities through the people who feed them: the award-winning chefs, the corner spots worth the drive, and the neighborhoods that shaped both.
As we add more episodes, we’ll have them all for you below, so just one place to bookmark!
Episode Three: Chef Chaz Lindsay of Pulito Osteria in Jackson, MS
Mississippi is known for the blues, but the capital city, Jackson, is proving that world-class cuisine is something that you should immediately think of as well! Host Jenna von Oy meets Chef Chaz Lindsay in Belhaven, the neighborhood that raised him and now holds three of his establishments on a single block, including MICHELIN-recommended Pulito Osteria. Over tomatoes from a farm up the road, orecchiette he calls “pepperoni pasta,” and salmon poached in a surprising way, Chaz talks about the ballet career he walked away from, the olive oil that sent him to Italy, and why he came home to build all of it in Jackson.
Episode Two: Chef Josh Habiger of Bastion in Nashville, TN
Before Wedgewood-Houston was a dining destination, Bastion was there. Josh Habiger talks about how the restaurant grew into itself, what the neighborhood was like early on, and the reality of earning a MICHELIN Star. Along the way: oyster shooters, hand-rolled ravioli, and the philosophy holding it all together.
Episode One: Chef Vivek Surti of Tailor Nashville
Host Jenna von Oy kicks off the series with Vivek Surti of MICHELIN-recommended Tailor Nashville. Growing up first-generation American, Vivek was raised in a home where the next meal was always the topic at hand, and that upbringing shows up on every plate he serves. He opens up about honoring where he comes from, watching a long-held vision become a real restaurant, and his commitment to the local businesses around him.
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At its heart, this series celebrates the people who make our city feel like home. Watch the premiere now and join us as we ‘pull up a chair’ with more chefs to explore their story and the neighborhoods shaping their incredible journeys.
See all episodes on YouTube, here.
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