The moment has met Kwame Onwuachi, a Bronx-bred culinary sensation who's emerged as one of the food world's most essential voices.
His kitchen-confidential memoir, Notes From a Young Black Chef, which tells of racism in American fine dining, is being adapted into a feature starring LaKeith Stanfield and begins shooting this summer.
Onwuachi, 31, is prepping his own mini-role in the project: "Four lines is going to be a lot to remember," he says. Starting April 1, the former Top Chef contestant — he competed on season 13 in 2015-16 — will return to the show, but this time as a judge in its pandemic-era Portland season, months after host Padma Lakshmi acknowledged the franchise's inclusion issues.
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