Originally aired on YPR’s Flavors Under the Big Sky
Executive Chef Brandon Cunningham from Social Haus at The Green O at the Paws Up Resort in Greenough just recently moved up as one of the finalists for Best Chef: Mountain from the James Beard Foundation.
Stella Fong: Chef Brandon Cunningham is one of the top five nominees for Best Chef: Mountain. This is the farthest any chef from Montana has ever made.
Brandon Cunningham: It’s still a shock to me when I made the long list. I thought that man, that’s all. And that’s truly all I ever wanted and dreamed of because even that recognition really holds its weight. Being the first one to go from that long list to the short list here in the state of Montana, I’m more proud of that than anything else…