On this episode of the Hot Spot series, Gabriel Ornelas sits down with Chef Pyet DeSpain, a rising culinary talent who hit national notoriety as the recent winner of Gordon Ramsey's "Next Level Chef" Season 1 on Fox Network.

Having grown up on a reservation and a member of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation, Pyet collides the cuisine of both her Native American and Mexican heritage.

Having won "Next Level Chef" on national TV, she talks about finding a new sense of identity as a spokesperson to share her knowledge, shine light on the Indigenous community, and to be proud of the resilience that is engrained in the culture.

Listen to this epsidode as we dive into who Pyet really is and explore the cultures that inspire her mission driven work.

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