In seasons 3 and 5, viewers remember Duskie Estes as an incredible chef.
Celebrity chef for hire Duskie Estes is a beloved Food Network personality who rose to fame as a contestant on Food Network's Next Big Star season 3 and season.!
Meet Sonoma County Chef and Owner of Farm to Pantry Duskie Estes
Duskie Estes is not only the Executive Director of non-profit gleaning organization Farm to Pantry; she’s also a rancher, a farmer, a local chef and owner of Black Pig Meat Co., as well as the former ZAZU kitchen + farm.
If you think you’ve seen her before, it’s because she’s appeared on popular cooking shows like Top Chef, Beat Bobby Flay, The Next Iron Chef, and various PBS shows.
She’s often a judge on Food Network’s Guy’s Grocery Games, and recently won Burger Truck Brawl on Discovery +.
Her latest venture is serving as Executive Director of Farm to Pantry, a nonprofit that goes onto more than 350 farms and backyards throughout Sonoma County, gleaning produce that would otherwise be discarded and sharing it with marginalized families.
“Saving produce for people who are hungry is amazing in its multiple ways of giving,” she says proudly.