CHEF JONNY RHODES

Award-Winning Chef & Food Historian

I alchemize food into cultural discourse.

My work seeks to illuminate our collective responsibility to ensure sustainable food systems globally.

Recent Work

Culinary Residency at Paris Olympic Games 2024

A culinary residency curated exclusively for the 2024 Olympic Games, inspired by James Baldwin’s acclaimed collection of essays, Notes of a Native Son (1955).
Chef Jonny x Smithsonian NMAAHC

"Survival Skool" A virtual cooking demo telling the story of prejudice turned solidarity between two of Houston’s most historically impoverished racial groups, as told through Caribbean flavors that reflect the same demographic.
Chef Jonny x Our Place

Developed content to introduce the new Our Place "Always Pan Pro."
The Violence of Hunger

Developed and taught a new history curriculum centered around my core food philosophy, this residency explores the raw, animalistic instincts of humans in desperate need of survival.