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Kansas City Chefs Create Culinary Treasures

So three absolutely amazing chefs were walking down the street one day when a man jumped out from behind a bush... and surprised them with a simple request:

"Reach into my hat, and pull out 4 ingredients. I'll give you just a few minutes to come up with a dream concoction."

So they did. Or more precisely, they will during Wednesday's Up to Date, as Steve Kraske welcomes Room 39's Ted Habiger, Julian's Celina Tio, and The American Restaurant's Debbie Gold to explain real-life culinary creativity.  

As we visit with these three masters of food, we'll ask them what they think about food reviews from critics and patrons online, their toughest day in the business, the importance of local ingredients, and answer this question: Is Kansas City a cut-throat restaurant town?

On Sunday, Chef Ted Habiger of Room 39 created a meal based largely on the food growing in Powell Gardens'Heartland Harvest Garden. Learn more about the dinner and view a slideshow of his and his staff's creations from KCUR's Julie Denesha.

Learn more about Ted Habiger, Celina Tio, and Debbie Gold.

Stephen Steigman is director of Classical KC. You can email him at <a href="mailto:Stephen.Steigman@classicalkc.org">Stephen.Steigman@classicalkc.org</a>.
When I host Up To Date each morning at 9, my aim is to engage the community in conversations about the Kansas City area’s challenges, hopes and opportunities. I try to ask the questions that listeners want answered about the day’s most pressing issues and provide a place for residents to engage directly with newsmakers. Reach me at steve@kcur.org or on Twitter @stevekraske.
As senior producer of Up To Date, I want our listeners to hear familiar and new voices that shine light on the issues and challenges facing the myriad communities KCUR serves, and to expose our audiences to the wonderful and the creative in the Kansas City area. Just as important to me is an obligation to mentor the next generation of producers to ensure that the important conversations continue. Reach me at alexanderdk@kcur.org.