Soby’s New South Cuisine has a new chef at the helm. Jon Buck, former chef de cuisine of Husk Greenville and a 2018 James Beard Award semifinalist, made his debut as executive chef at Soby’s with a special lunch Sept. 3.

Titled “A Local Conversation,” the lunch was divided into four plates and three courses but was conducted as a conference about local ingredients. Buck picked a small panel of local farmers to lead a verbal exchange between themselves and various members of the media.

The discussion was led by Buck; Nat Bradford, owner of Seneca’s Bradford Family Farms; Glenn Roberts, owner of Columbia’s Anson Mills; and Colleen and Donald Snow, owners of Anderson’s Providence Farm. Each detailed how he or she entered the agricultural sphere.

The kicker? They didn’t start out there but

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