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Norman Van Aken, who influenced a generation of chefs in Miami, singles out Phillip Bryant as the talent who points the way toward the future. 

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When Phillip Bryant assembled his kitchen team for the Culinary Masters Competition, he did not have to look far. His sous chefs were Veronica Valdivia—his girlfriend and the director of operations at their Coral Gables restaurant, the Local: Craft Food and Drink—and Michael Bryant, his old…