CARLO MIRARCHI is a self-taught chef and co-owner of RobertaтАЩs and Blanca, two restaurants in Bushwick, Brooklyn. He was named one of Food & Wine's Best New Chefs of 2011 and has garnered wide acclaim in the New York Times, Bon App├йtit, and publications worldwide.
CHRIS PARACHINI and BRANDON HOY are cofounders of RobertaтАЩs and Blanca and helped establish the Brooklyn Grange, New York CityтАЩs biggest rooftop farm, as well as Rippers, a waterfront restaurant in the Rockaways in Queens. Mirarchi, Parachini, and HoyтАЩs food and aesthetic has appeared at the South Beach Wine & Food Festival, SXSW, Art Basel, and elsewhere.
KATHERINE WHEELOCK is a writer and editor who has contributed to Food & Wine, the Wall Street Journal, GQ, and others. She works at RobertaтАЩs.