Crystal Wahpepah
Ramsay in 2022
Born
Oakland, California
EducationLe Cordon Bleu
StyleNative American cuisine

Crystal Wahpepah is an indigenous American chef. She was the first indigenous chef on the cooking program Chopped.[1] Wahpepah runs both a catering business and a restaurant, which aim to reclaim Native American cuisine.[2][3] She received the Indigenous Artist Activist Award.[1]

Wahpepah was born and raised in Oakland, California.[1] She is a member of the Kickapoo, Sac, and Fox tribes from Oklahoma.[4] As a child, she cooked with her older relatives.[4]

Career

Wahpepah attended the Le Cordon Bleu cooking school, where she studied French cooking.[1] Later, she traveled around the United States and learned more about Native farming and cooking.[4] At the time of the opening of her restaurant, Wahpepah's Kitchen, there were no indigenous food restaurants in the San Francisco Bay Area.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Mindess, Anna. "Crystal Wahpepah is clearing a path for indigenous chefs." nosh. 2020-08-19
  2. ↑ "For the Love of Native Foods: Chef Crystal Wahpepah". www.culturalsurvival.org. Retrieved 2022-05-01.
  3. ↑ "Rare and highly anticipated Native American restaurant debuts in Oakland". The Mercury News. 2021-11-26. Retrieved 2022-05-01.
  4. 1 2 3 Kickapoo chef honors her heritage with oakland's first indigenous restaurant (2021). Washington, D.C.: NPR. Retrieved on 2021-12-07.


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