Aug 19, 2026 · 46 min · 16 segments
Today’s guest is Rhoda Magbitang, winner of “Top Chef” Season 23 and executive chef of CanoeHouse at the Mauna Lani Auberge Collection resort on Hawaii’s Big Island. Rhoda joins host Kerry Diamond to…
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You're listening to Radio Cherry Bombe, and I'm your host, Kerry Diamond, coming to you from Newsstand Studios at Rockefeller Center in the heart of New York City.

She's in New York City for a special dinner at the James Beard House next week, then she'll be back for a dinner series September 5th and 6th at Cynthia Restaurant, also here in New York.

The Cherry Bombe team and I met her when she was the chef at The Inn at Maddie's Tavern in Los Olivos, California.


She came to the US from the Philippines by herself when she was just 17 and got herself on the path of what has been a remarkable career.
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