In case you missed it: 225’s People to Watch for 2020 features a local ‘Hell’s Kitchen’ star

When describing this year’s People to Watch candidates, one adjective kept coming to mind: visionaries.

How else can you describe a surgeon so renowned that his move to Baton Rouge inspires dozens of other researchers to follow him here? Or the leader who is spearheading a new community arts center that will bring Baton Rouge’s art scene to new heights?

And how about the local chef who made it to the top of FOX’s Hell’s Kitchen, then bowed out to dedicate himself to the Capital City’s culinary scene?

It’s a new day—and a new decade—in Baton Rouge. And from the looks of things, it’s going to be an exciting chapter.

Read on for all the Capital Region residents we highlighted in the January issue’s People to Watch for 2020.