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Local Athens chef to appear on Chopped

Chef Pete Amadhanirundr of Puma Yu's, on the set of the cooking reality show Chopped.
Puma Yu's
Chef Pete Amadhanirundr of Puma Yu's, on the set of the cooking reality show Chopped.

Pete Amadhanirundr, co-owner and chef of Puma Yu’s, will appear on tonight’s Episode of Chopped. In the 3-round cooking reality show, four chefs must figure out how to create culinary magic from baskets of random ingredients in a bid to win $10,000.

Amadhanirundr, who was also named a James Beard semi-finalist last year, co-owns Puma Yu’s with his partner Ally Smith. The couple opened the Southeast Asian restaurant in the historic Southern Mill complex on Oneta St. back in 2022. They are underwriters with WUGA.

You can catch Pete’s appearance on Chopped tonight at 8pm on the Food Network.

A native New Yorker, Lara is new to Athens, having just moved to this delightfully quirky town in 2021. She’s been working in broadcasting for the last 25 years in markets such as New York City, Los Angeles, Washington, DC, and Atlanta. When she’s not at WUGA, you can find Lara covered in cats, playing D&D, or skating (as a rookie) with Classic City Roller Derby.