Crystal Wahpepah
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Crystal Wahpepah | |
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 Wahpepah in 2022 | |
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| Education | Le Cordon Bleu |
| Style | Native 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 a James Beard Award finalist in the Emerging Chef category in 2022.[4]
Wahpepah was born and raised in Oakland, California.[1] She is a member of the Kickapoo and Sac and Fox tribes of Oklahoma.[5] As a child, she cooked with her older relatives.[5]
