Sam Fore is a Sri Lankan-American chef and recipe developer based in Lexington, Kentucky.Her pop-up, Tuk Tuk Sri Lankan Bites, crisscrosses the country to bring her -Sri Lanka meets the South -dishes to diners far and wide. She started the pop-up in 2016 after traditional Sri Lankan brunches in her home outgrew her dining room. Fore’s cooking is a reflection of her Sri Lankan upbringing in the American South; her dishes include her spin on Southern classics as well as new riffs on her family's time-tested recipes. Her recipes can be found in multiple national publications and across the web. In 2021 she joined the cast of Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street, which you can watch on PBS. In 2023, Fore was honored by the James Beard Foundation Awards as a Finalist for Best Chef: Southeast. Fore plans to open the Tuk Tuk Snack Shop in Lexington, Kentucky by Fall 2023 Find her : http://www.tuktuklex.com/ Instagram: @tuktuklex @kolagoodies is her milk tea drink of choice