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Chef Tara Monsod of Animae. (Courtesy photo by James Tran) New chef at the Asian-inspired downtown restaurant not afraid to push the envelope with a mix of traditional and contemporary dishes.


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When Tara Monsod met Anthony Sinsay in 2012, she was a new graduate of The Art Institutes in San Diego and had just taken a job in the kitchen of the restaurant Herringbone. Monsod had wanted to.


How Chef Tara Monsod Ate Her Way Around the World Without Ever Leaving

Executive Chef Tara Monsod of Animae is known for being one of the most prominent chefs in Southern California, commanding the coal-fire, pan-Asian steakhouse kitchen that feeds a sold-out dining room every night. Her resume is impressive, with long stints training under Top Chef alums like Richard Blais, Amanda Baumgarten, and Brian Malarkey.


Chef Tara Monsod on why Filipino cuisine is having a renaissance moment

Tara Monsod, executive chef at Animae, San Diego. There's something happening at Animae, something you notice before you take your first bite of food. It's in the server's voice as they.


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The astonishingly dramatic Animae, where I step into a gold and moss green mystical forest dimension with kinilaw on the menu, executive chef Tara Monsod shares her story. "I ended up at Animae because the second chef here needed help. I was working at Crack Shack at the time, and I took a risk because I needed a change. I wanted to be more creative and cook more Filipino food and I knew.


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Monsod is a nominee in the Best Chef: California category. The semifinalist nominees in the restaurant and chef categories of the 2024 James Beard Awards were announced today, and the long list includes just one nod for San Diego. Tara Monsod, executive chef of Animae, is one of the 20 semifinalists in the Best Chef: California category, joining local chef nominees from recent years including.


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Executive Chef Tara Monsod. In her first executive chef role, Tara Monsod brings over a decade of kitchen experience, a lifetime of passion, and a culinary perspective shaped by her upbringing as a Filipino-American to Puffer Malarkey Collective's ANIMAE. Her culinary journey has placed her in some of San Diego's most prominent restaurants.


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Meet Filipino American Chef Tara Monsod, who celebrates her life as an LGBTQ Filipina and her culture as she shines a light on Filipino flavors in the city home to the second-largest Filipino American population in the United States today. Chef Tara is the Executive Chef at Animae, a renowned Asian fusion restaurant and steakhouse…


This Soulful Dish From Animae Chef Tara Monsod Is Redefining Filipino

Executive Chef, Tara Monsod was invited on San Diego Magazine's Happy Half Hour podcast, hosted by renowned food writer, Troy Johnson, David Martin, and Marie Tutko. The Happy Half Hour podcast covers all of the latest food news, restaurant reviews, and places to eat in San Diego. In this episode of the podcast, Tara opens up about her.


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Thankfully that's beginning to change, in large part thanks to Tara Monsod, the young Filipino chef who took the helm at San Diego's Animae in March 2021. Animae opened in October 2019.


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Tara Monsod, the executive chef at the upscale Asian restaurant Animae in downtown San Diego, has been named a semifinalist for a 2024 James Beard Award in the category of Best Chef: California.


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How Chef Tara Monsod Ate Her Way Around the World Without Ever Leaving

San Diego, CA. In her first executive chef role, Tara Monsod brings over a decade of kitchen experience, a lifetime of passion, and a culinary perspective shaped by her upbringing as a Filipino-American to Puffer Malarkey Collective's ANIMAE. Cooking since she was tall enough to reach the counter in her parent's kitchen, Tara never.


Tara Monsod Hawaii Food & Wine Festival

By highlighting Filipino cuisine on her menu at 2021 Eater Award winning-restaurant Animae, Filipino-American chef Tara Monsod is one of a handful of local chefs that's hoping to put Filipino food on the fine-dining stage. Monsod, who also cooked at Juniper & Ivy, Tender Greens, and Herringbone, stepped in as Animae's chef last year after.


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Animae's Tara Monsod named a James Beard Award semifinalist for

Welcome back! This week we chat with Tara Monsod, who recently took over as executive chef at Animae, the high-design Asian fusion restaurant owned by Brian Malarkey and Chris Puffer.Tara has also.