Jo Chan is an Austin-based executive chef who competed on Top Chef Season 19. Jo (she/her) visited Queertowne to chat with Mase about her amazing experiences on Top Chef and reveals how she brings an empathetic leadership style with a strong work ethic to the kitchen. Jo opens up about meeting her now fiancé during the intensity of the first Covid wave in 2020 and what brought her from California to New York to Scandinavia to Austin. Recorded shortly before Jo stepped away from chic Zilker hotspot Eberly, Jo shares her approach to overseeing the operations of Eberly’s kitchen and menu across the four years she worked there. Jo talks with Mase about her takeaways on Austin’s food scene and how she continues to cultivate and support the community around her.
