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    Head Butcher

    Kelly Kawachi

    Head Butcher, Blackbelly Market

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    Portrait of Kelly Kawachi

    Portrait of Kelly Kawachi

    i. Biography

    Kelly Kawachi is the head butcher at Blackbelly Market in Boulder, Colorado, where she oversees the restaurant’s whole-animal butchery and charcuterie program. She joined Blackbelly in 2016 after studying culinary arts at Colorado Mesa University, and later advanced to head butcher in 2021.

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