There was no way for Georgia-based chefs Tia and Matthew Raiford to know that the brief relationship they began and ended 25 years ago while attending the Culinary Institute of America (CIA) in Hyde Park, New York, would ever become what it is today. During their not-so-brief break, the two chefs continued to cheer each other on from afar until a chance collaboration in 2019 rekindled their connection. Tia and Matthew tied the knot a few years later, but their wedding day brought more together than just family and friends. It also brought together their extensive collection of well-loved cast iron.
“We married our cast iron when we got married,” Matthew says. “Some pieces came from people we know, and other pieces we’ve collected ourselves. People, like Tia’s mother, still
