Richmond, Va. Chef Daniel Harthausen, who created the popular pop-up Young Mother, talks about winning HBO Max's first season of "The Big Brunch" and the $300,000 prize. Video by Alexa Welch Edlund/Times-Dispatch
The contestants on “The Big Brunch:” (left to right) Antwon Brinson, Kip Poole, J Chong, Danielle Sepsy, Catie Randazzo, Kelly Jones, Daniel Harthausen, Mason Zeglen, Nadege Fleurimond, Roman Wilcox.
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Richmond chef Daniel Harthausen from the Young Mother pop-up is vying on Dan Levy’s “The Big Brunch” on HBO Max.
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Richmond chef Daniel Harthausen from the popular Young Mother pop-up is also vying on “The Big Brunch.”
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For his final act, Daniel Harthausen presented El-Waylly and judges Dan Levy (of “Schitt’s Creek” fame) and Will Guidara with a rich, tawny gravy, ladled over snowy caps of rice and panko-fried chicken cutlets. The winning dish was served teishoku-style, flanked by pickled sunomono cucumbers and chawanmushi — a dashi-rich steamed custard, one of Harthausen’s signature items at his recurring Young Mother pop-ups.
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Daniel Harthausen won HBO Max’s “The Big Brunch” competition with katsu curry.
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Daniel Harthausen, Richmond chef and creator of the popular pop-up Young Mother, won HBO Max’s first season of “The Big Brunch” and a $300,000 prize.
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Daniel Harthausen makes yamitsuki, a dish of cabbage and wood ear mushrooms, at Restaurant Adarra for his Japanese-inspired pop-up, Young Mother. BELOW: A look at the completed dish.
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Yamitsuki: cabbage and wood ear mushrooms was prepared by Daniel Harthausen at Adarra for his monthly Japanese pop up, Young Mother, Tuesday, January 25, 2022.
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Daniel Harthausen makes Yamitsuki: cabbage and wood ear mushrooms at Restaurant Adarra for his monthly Japanese pop up, Young Mother, Tuesday, January 25, 2022.
