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Good Food

The Gullah-Geechee chef

Chef Benjamin "BJ" Dennis is known around Charleston, South Carolina, as the Gullah-Geechee Chef. That's because he is reconnecting the dots of the African diaspora foodways to Charleston through food. Our supervising producer Abbie Fentress Swanson visited him at the Sunday Brunch Farmers' Market on James Island to learn more.

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By Evan Kleiman • Nov 22, 2016 • 1 min read

Chef Benjamin "BJ" Dennis is known around Charleston, South Carolina, as the Gullah-Geechee Chef. That's because he is reconnecting the dots of the African diaspora foodways to Charleston through food. Our supervising producer Abbie Fentress Swanson visited him at the Sunday Brunch Farmers' Market on James Island to learn more. See Chef BJ in action in the new season of Top Chef, to be released on Bravo on December 1.

Music: "Soul Thing" and "Enyere Kumbara"

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    Evan Kleiman

    host 'Good Food'

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    Laryl Garcia

    Senior Director, Good Food

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    Abbie Fentress Swanson

    Independent reporter and producer

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    Camellia Tse

    Producer, Good Food

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