Alabama's Culinary Ambassadors

Alabama has an array of wonderful restaurants to please your palate ranging from barbeque joints and seafood restaurants to soul food diners and fine dining establishments. Behind them are the great chefs and restauranteurs who have made these places special. During "The Year of Alabama Food" Celebration, we invite you to meet some of "Alabama's Culinary Ambassadors", as chosen by the Alabama tourism industry and the Bureau of Tourism and Travel.

• David C. Clarke
• Rick Elliott
• Chris & Idie Hastings
• Robert Jones
• Don McLemore
• Chef George Panayiotou
• Al Sawyer
• Clayton Sherrod
• Patricia Schubert-Barnes
• Frank Stitt III
• Paul Thornton
• Frank G. Whitfield