Big Sky PBR, recently crowned 12-time event of the year, will ride again this July 16-18. And I hope you’re hungry, because the lineup of chefs is a murderers row: event organizer and Top Chef alum Emily Hahn, James Beard Award winner Eduardo Garcia, plus some of the most acclaimed chefs in the Mountain West and beyond: Sheldon Simeon (Top Chef, touring his second cookbook), Jamie Lynch (Top Chef), Josh Adams of Livingston’s Campione (James Beard nominee), and Jarrett Wrisley of Shan (James Beard nominee). Plus local skybox chefs Joel Gil of BRAZA and Kenan Anderson of Provecho.
All in Big Sky, Montana for just three unexpectedly delicious days. On this episode, we sit down with Emily (chef-owner of Bozeman’s Mountain Provisions) and Eduardo (founder of Montana Mex and host of Magnolia Network’s Big Sky Kitchen) to talk about what they’re cooking up – like whole bison sourced from North Bridger Bison, whole hog, whole lamb, fresh Alaskan seafood, and locally grown produce.
We also get into:
- Emily’s four years as a commercial shrimper and how she earned her 100-ton captain’s license before landing in Bozeman
- Eduardo’s full origin story — the electrocution, 21 surgeries, cancer diagnosis, and the hook he chose over a bionic hand
- Why neither of them could care less about a Michelin star — and why that’s exactly the point
- The Low Cuisine game: Eduardo’s tia’s rural kitchen and Emily’s formative years at a sex-drugs-and-rock-and-roll Italian restaurant in Richmond, Virginia.
This is a conversation about what food is actually for — community, land, ranchers, farmers, and the people eating it — told by two chefs who’ve both taken the long, hard, scenic route to get there.
Watch the full interview: ExploreBigSky.com/episodes/pbrchefs
Get your tickets to Big Sky PBR 2026: BigSkyPBR.com
Have another helping of Emily Hahn: MountainProvisionsMT.com
And Eduardo Garcia: ChefEduardo.com
And book an unforgettable stay in Yellowstone National Park this summer: YellowstoneNationalParkLodges.com
