Benjamin Cooper is the chef at Here & Now Brewing Company in Honesdale PA. Here & Now serves classic pub food, salads, pizza, wings, amazing duck-fat fries, alongside its house-brewed ales, with a focus on sourcing as many ingredients locally as possible. Ben originally moved to NEPA to work on an organic vegetable farm, and his mentally for cooking has never been the same. He says “Watching a carrot grow from seed to fruit over a matter of months truly makes one appreciate the beauty of sustainably grown produce, and I try to carry that with me into the kitchen as I cook.”

Ben is the featured chef in Episode 1: Asparagus and Episode 16: Sweet Corn.