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WONDER WOMEN Podcast: The Chef Who Went From Cocktails to Creative Cuisine

She's breaking the rules and showing those around her a new way to fill your soul... and your stomach
Credit: WQAD

Powerful Women. Powerful Positions.

WONDER WOMEN is a podcast that showcases the female movers and shakers running and leading businesses, non-profits, governments, and schools across the Quad City Area, Iowa, and Illinois.

EPISODE 11: To say 2019 was a challenging year for Chef Rhea Vrana is an understatement. However, it's what she's done in the last four years that's truly inspiring. 

In this month’s podcast episode, this “Wonder Woman” explains her unique career path from mixing up cocktails to serving up unique dishes you won't find anywhere else. All along the way, she broke the rules. For example, she only went to culinary school for two semesters! She lost her job as an Executive Chef because of a record-breaking flood! Oh, and she'll change your entire worldview when it comes to "vegan" food. 

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We are digging deeper in this podcast, though. 

We ask Rhea how her fast track into the kitchen was both challenging and strategic when it came to setting her apart from others, why hard work is at the center of everything she does, and how being uncomfortable has opened doors she never imagined - Hello... Fat Sacks!

Finally, Rhea tells us what she considers a Wonder Woman and her advice for the next generation of the “Girl Power” Movement. HINT: Go ahead and let people underestimate you. It could be your great superpower.

Click on the link above to hear our conversation or click here to listen on Spotify.

Do you know some “Wonder Women” who are inspiring leaders of their organization, business, school, etc.? Let News 8’s Angie Sharp know about them! Click here to find her on Facebook and send her an email.

 

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