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    Mathew Meeker

    Executive Chef, Fancypants

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    Portrait of Mathew Meeker

    Portrait of Mathew Meeker

    i. Biography

    Mathew Meeker is the executive chef at Fancypants in Nashville, Tennessee, where he helped shape the restaurant’s opening culinary program and later led a 2026 menu refresh toward a more flexible à la carte format. He previously worked in Nashville kitchens including Butcher & Bee, Husk, Peninsula, and Bastion, and later.C. before returning to guide Fancypants’ next chapter.

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