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The City of West Palm Beach is excited to turn up the heat on the popular Master Chef Showcase competition for the 2024 – 2025 GreenMarket season! The contest features local chefs and Market vendors going head-to-head to win the title of West Palm Beach GreenMarket Master Chef.
New this year, the City will sell limited tickets to sample the Master Chef Showcase dishes. The Showcase will occur on the second Saturday of the month, October through April. Check back to see who will face off at the first event on Saturday, October 12.
A sweeping toques-off salute goes to Chef Joey Leuze, chef and owner of Palm Beach Catering, crowned first-ever West Palm Beach GreenMarket Master Chef last season, and to Chef Eddy Zapil of Fern Street Kitchen, our semi-finalist!
Before coming to West Palm Beach in 2008, Chef Joey got his start cooking at his Mom’s French restaurant in Germany, and later worked as a Chef on luxury yachts in the French Riviera.
His cuisine is focused on fresh ingredients from local farms and heavily inspired by his European background.
With his crew at Palm Beach Catering, Chef Joey is the creative mind behind many Palm Beach galas and events.
Having had a booth at the Green Market for many years, he is very excited to be back to show off his culinary expertise and display his competitive nature that he hones playing tennis and pickleball.
At just 28 years old, Chef Eddy Zapil brings a playful energy and creativity to Fern Street’s scratch kitchen that shines through his menu. In 2019, he joined Fern Street Wine Bar & Kitchen’s opening team as sous chef, and after quickly earning the respect of his culinary team was promoted to chef de cuisine in November 2020. There are no rules in Chef Eddy’s kitchen when it comes to cooking, as he loves to mix old traditions with modern cooking techniques in his menus. A native of Guatemala, Eddy loves incorporating fresh fruits, vegetables, and a hint of Latin American flavors into his dishes, and takes pride in being open minded and inventive in the kitchen. He participates in the West Palm GreenMarket with the vendor Rancher's Reserve, and is food-safety certified.