Flipboard Culture Desk<p>Gerald Sombright came up through kitchens where white European chefs were presented as the paradigm, but no one looked like him. See, Sombright is Black. “In 1999 when I was 19, I started my kitchen career working prep and washing dishes. I didn't know a brunoise from a baseball, yet I was intrigued.” Sombright would go on to become the first Black man in America to earn a Michelin star. He writes about his rise for <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@foodandwine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>foodandwine</span></a></span>, and how he wants more Black men to follow his tracks. </p><p><a href="https://flip.it/fjwkCh" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">flip.it/fjwkCh</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Culture</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/BlackAmericans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackAmericans</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Food" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Food</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Foodstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Foodstodon</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Dining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dining</span></a></p>