Home Again
In April 2015, Kardea Brown left behind her job in social services for a life cooking in front of the camera. She’d recently impressed Food Network executives after a boyfriend signed her up to audition for a pilot, but the suits wanted her to hone her cooking skills. So the South Carolina native and longtime Atlanta resident returned to the South from New Jersey to begin the New Gullah Supper Club, centering events around the food she grew up eating at her grandmother’s house on Wadmalaw Island. Food Network kept in touch, booking her to spar and tapping her to host . Then, this past summer, debuted, allowing her to introduce the dishes of her Gullah upbringing to the nation. Ahead of season two, which begins in early 2020, Brown reflects on the leap of faith that led to her own show.
