Cookbook Presenters

During the Festival weekend, each chef will be featured at a luncheon. Luncheon tickets will go on sale Wednesday, July 20 at 9 am. You must register for the Festival to attend these luncheons.

The detailed session schedule will be available in late August.

 

Cookbook Presenters

 
 

Vishwesh Bhatt

A native of Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, Vishwesh Bhatt has made his home in Oxford, Mississippi, for more than twenty years. As the executive chef of Snackbar, where he has cooked for the last twelve years, he was nominated for People’s Best New Chef by Food & Wine and won the 2019 James Beard Award for Best Chef: South.

www.kissmybhatt.com
 

Erin Gleeson

Erin Gleeson is the author, illustrator, and photographer behind the New York Times bestselling cookbook The Forest Feast, The Forest Feast for Kids, The Forest Feast Gatherings, The Forest Feast Mediterranean, and the popular blog of the same name. Gleeson also teaches photography in continuing studies at Stanford University. Her work has been featured in the New York Times, the Kitchn, Design*Sponge, Food52, InStyle, Country Living, Better Homes and Gardens, Bon Appétit, and Saveur, and appears in a line of stationery products from Abrams Noterie that includes journals, art prints, and calendars. Gleeson lives in a cabin in the woods in Northern California, where she creates simple and delicious vegetarian recipes, inspired by her weekly farm box.

www.theforestfeast.com