PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS: • Co-creating a menu that we cooked at the James Beard House. • Opening my first restaurant—the Gov’t Taco bricks and mortar with my brother Jake as the lead designer and my best friend, Therese Albornoz, in the kitchen. • The entire Food Network Star era—I met some amazing people and had a
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Chief Operating Officer and Creative Director, Gov’t Taco/Jay Ducote Hospitality Group
