SCOUTING REPORT | Documenting a Sioux Falls chef, the dry Missouri, decline of sunflowers, going soft

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Sioux Falls chef Jordan Taylor, among the culinary artists credited with recent cuisine advances in the Sioux Falls restaurant scene, is the subject of a documentary made by Black Hills State University students. 

Taylor is the restaurateur behind Bread & Circus, a delicatessent featured in internationally acclaimed chef Guy Fieri’s “Diners, Drive-ins and Dives.” The chef turned A-list food critic dined on Taylor’s Vietnamese fried chicken sandwich and curry cauliflower in a 2021 episode of the widely watched TV show.

Besides Bread & Circus, Taylor also operates Pizza Cheeks and En Place Catering in Sioux Falls. He’s also executive chef at the Boat House Bar & Grill at Pierre’s Spring Creek.

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