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/ Leon Brunson stands proudly before the former K.B.'s Kitchen where he will soon open "Leon." He says the experience will be a fusion of many flavors prepared by a best friend who also happens to be a master chef. The coronavirus pandemic has especially been brutal on the restaurant business. But a Tallahassee chef plans to stake his culinary claim in his former employer's stone cabin on the shores of Lake Ella. Leon Brunson insists he didn't start out wanting to become a master chef. "I was never around food until I worked at Waffle House. And when I started working at Waffle House, I real...

Women are certainly changing the dynamics of the hospitality industry locally and globally, but often chefs and restaurateurs don’t receive the recognition of their male counterparts and still face challenges in navigating the culinary world. "There are still a lot of uphill challenges that females face in a male-dominated industry," said Justine May, owner of the Railroad Square Craft House. "Sometimes I have to put my foot down harder and faster than a man in the same position. It’s a very male-dominated business.” May finds that, even today, “people assume I married into this busin...