A Thanksgiving Menu from Award-Winning Chefs 

Those seeking some Thanksgiving inspiration in this unconventional year can find it in the recipes from some of our award-winning chefs. The main ingredient in all their dishes? The joy they find and the gratitude they feel when cooking for family and friends.

Andrew Zimmern, Emmy- and four-time James Beard Award-winning TV personality and chef, shared his recipes for sides that bring touches of comfort to the holiday meal with Yahoo! Lifestyle and FoodSided. From Turkey Gravy to Green Bean Casserole, Andrew provides several great ideas on how to make these holiday classics a hit whether enjoying them over a Zoom-giving with friends, or with family gathered around the dinner table. Planning to host? With Lifehacker.com, Andrew shared best practices to host an outdoor Thanksgiving dinner along with ways to pare down the meal for those with fewer seats at the table this year.

James Beard Award-winning chef and pitmaster Rodney Scott shared his genius recipe for Spatchcocked Smoked Turkey with FoodandWine.com, divulging the secret to making and enjoying his signature flavors at home. Demonstrating how to rub, smoke, and mop a turkey on the barbecue, Rodney believes that with a little effort anyone can smoke like a pro. His Rodney Scott’s Whole Hog BBQ restaurants in Alabama and South Carolina also offered à la carte Thanksgiving options for lucky locals who prefer to do a little less cooking for the holiday, and the menu was featured in AL.com, Bham Now, Charleston City Paper, and Eater Carolinas.

Jacques Torres, internationally-famed chocolatier and host of the hit Netflix series, Nailed It!, is making the holiday memorable with rich, luxurious and festive gourmet chocolates. His adorable Chocolate Turkeys and Thanksgiving Lollipops are delicious additions to every place setting (even if they mysteriously never seem to make it to dessert).  Romper deemed Jacques’ Chocolate Thanksgiving Bonbon box a perfect hostess gift, and Bake Magazine also featured some of his amazing products for the holiday.

From all of us at the Brooks Group, wishing you and yours a happy and safe Thanksgiving!