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FRUITLAND 鈥� Justin Pioche鈥檚 love of food originated in his grandmother鈥檚 kitchen.

The most memorable meal she made for him was also a humble one 鈥� pea soup and traditional Navajo fry bread 鈥� prepared from simple ingredients grown in the soil of the Navajo Reservation along the San Juan River, west of Farmington.

鈥淭here was something about the savoriness from the peas 鈥� the sweetness, the umami flavor 鈥� all coming together with the hot, crispy, salty, fry bread,鈥� Pioche said. 鈥淓verything just came in full circle and basically blew my mind.鈥�

Pioche carried the beacon of his grandmother鈥檚 cooking into his parents鈥� kitchen, where he helped feed his siblings from the time he was 7, all the way to New York City a year and a half ago, when he won the Food Network鈥檚 first Native American-forward episode of the hit reality-TV series 鈥淐hopped.鈥�

Pioche, who hails from the Din茅 Salt Clan, flew to New York in October 2024 to film the show鈥檚 鈥淚ndigenous Inspiration鈥� episode, which didn鈥檛 air until April 21 of this year.

Keeping the lid on the news of his victory for that long was a challenge, he said. Only his closest family members knew the outcome, and Food Network showrunners bound them to secrecy before the episode finally reached public eyes last month.

The Pioche family and their friends gathered inside Buffalo Wild Wings in Farmington the day of the premiere, watching their hometown chef emerge victorious against three other Native American culinary experts: Mariah Gladstone of the Blackfeet and Cherokee tribes, Jessica Walks First Pamonicutt of the Menominee tribe, and fellow New Mexico chef Ray Naranjo, who runs a food cart on Santa Clara Pueblo.

In keeping with the show鈥檚 mystery-box format, all four chefs were provided with an assortment of impromptu ingredients from which to craft an appetizer, entree and dessert fit for a Michelin Star restaurant. Staghorn sumac, pawpaw pulp, whitefish and kahsherhon:ni, otherwise known as an 鈥淚ndian donut,鈥� were all on the menu.

When Pioche鈥檚 final opponent, food and environmental advocate Gladstone, was 鈥渃hopped鈥� by the judges, the Fruitland chef鈥檚 hometown restaurant erupted in cheers, a celebration that may have been a long time coming.

鈥淔ood Network was actually knocking on my door for quite some time, and I kept saying no over and over,鈥� Pioche said. 鈥淚 never felt like it was the right time or that I had an interesting story to tell.

鈥淭he concept they were pitching never seemed right,鈥� he added, 鈥渂ut when they said it was going to be an Indigenous-forward challenge, I said yes because preserving our Navajo culture and food and history is really important to us.鈥�

While the show is formatted for TV audiences, Pioche said the core concept 鈥� challenging chefs to adapt to unpredictable scenarios 鈥� is an experience that should resonate with chefs the world over.

鈥淎lmost every job I鈥檝e ever worked at, something happens 鈥� whether it鈥檚 someone who has allergies or something that you don鈥檛 expect 鈥� you got to be quick to think on your toes,鈥� he said.

Pioche runs Pioche Food Group with his mother, Janice, and sister, Tia. Together, they share Indigenous-inspired foods through multicourse catering events meant to bring the culture of the Navajo Nation into homes and businesses across the region.

鈥淲e try to tell a more modern story about Navajo foods and culture,鈥� Pioche said. 鈥淪o we like to say that we鈥檙e not changing the recipes so much as we鈥檙e just changing the outlook and updating it.鈥�

The Pioches also run a food cart and contribute at Navajo Ethno-Agriculture, a Native-owned and operated nonprofit that works to preserve traditional Navajo heritage crops and farming techniques by teaching students how to connect with the land.

During a family vacation to Orlando, Florida, Pioche gained an early foothold on his path to the culinary world during a chance encounter with Robert Irvine, an English American celebrity chef who鈥檚 hosted multiple shows on the Food Network.

鈥淗e told me that I needed to stop, for a lack of better words, 鈥榖ullshitting around鈥� and get to some real cooking,鈥� Pioche recalled. 鈥淪o he called his buddy, Beau MacMillan, who had recently won Iron Chef, where he beat Bobby Flay.鈥�

After an interview, MacMillan took Pioche on at his kitchen in Phoenix. The young chef refined his skills over the course of 10 years in the city before returning home to start his own business where he grew up outside Farmington.

Here, his culinary education has continued with brushes with other well-known New Mexican chefs, from whom he draws his own inspiration and shares his own creativity. In 2023, Pioche was a finalist for the James Beard Foundation鈥檚 鈥淏est Chef 鈥� Southwest.鈥�

鈥淗e was a guest chef here,鈥� Chris Bethany, a fellow James Beard nominee who runs Campo at Los Poblanos in Albuquerque, said. 鈥淚nstead of doing our regular menu, we did a complete takeover with a certain ingredient or a certain theme. In his case, he focused on corn for that dinner.鈥�

Bethany described Pioche鈥檚 food as 鈥渞efined, super built on his heritage, his culture, his family.鈥�

Heritage is a well Pioche continues to draw from 鈥� and replenish 鈥� here in the northwestern corner of the state.

When he鈥檚 cooking or walking the fields near his ancestral home, he says he still thinks of his grandmother and her ability to take the simplest ingredients from the ground and make them unforgettable in her kitchen.

鈥淓specially when it comes to gardening and stuff like that, I鈥檓 like, 鈥楪randma, help me,鈥欌�� he said, laughing. 鈥淚 like to make the joke that she had the green thumb and gave me a black one.鈥�

John Miller is the 近距离内射合集鈥檚 northern New Mexico correspondent. He can be reached at jmiller@abqjournal.com.