Meet the Arizona chefs on Food Network 'Big Restaurant Bet'
Chefs Brett Vibber and Demetrius Baxter are competing for $250,000 from chef Geoffrey Zakarian on "Big Restaurant Bet" to open their first restaurant.
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Chefs Brett Vibber and Demetrius Baxter are competing for $250,000 from chef Geoffrey Zakarian on "Big Restaurant Bet" to open their first restaurant.
View Comments For Diné chef Hope Peshlakai, one of her favorite scenes happens at the dining table after she's cooked for her family. She feels a joyous warmth spread over her when the table is quiet, save for the sounds of her husband and six children digging furiously into their plates, followed by the scrape of chairs scooting out as they get up for seconds. It reminds her of a familiar scene from her life in Lókʼaahnteel, or Ganado, Arizona, on the Navajo Reservation. "I really learned that from my grandmother growing up," Peshlakai said. "She was the one who did that for her family. S...