Darius Williams is a regular guy—if you define “regular guy” as someone who creates recipes in his own kitchen for nearly 200k Instagram followers and 100k YouTube subscribers. Williams hosts the “Darius Cooks” channel; has a southern-food cookbook called Stories from My Grandmother’s Kitchen; and hosts a traveling dinner party series called Dining with Darius Cooks. A master of social media and truly “self-made man,” Williams has no formal chef training. His success has resulted instead from a combination of gut instinct, love of good food, and willingness to experiment. Join us at Peach’s Restaurant, where Williams and renowned local chef Cliff Rome will discuss how “Darius Cooks” converted a unique ability to champion authenticity—and the building of relationships and food memories—into a loyal and affectionate social media following.

This program is presented in partnership with Peach’s Restaurant.