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Elias Bitar: Norma’s

The newest inductee into TPW’s elite chef-picks-chef club of top Garden State toques “does it all” at his family’s Eastern Mediterranean mecca in Cherry Hill, his selector Danny Childs notes, “from making his own pita, pickles and labneh to donating thousands of meals to refugees to “uniting community” through a very special farm partnership.

Photos courtesy of Elias Bitar/Norma's

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NORMA’S EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN CUISINE, 145 Barclay Farms Shopping Center, Route 70 East, Cherry Hill. 856-793-1373. Website: www.normasrestaurant.com. Follow on Facebook @Norma’s and on Instagram @normascherryhill.

FREE HAVEN EDUCATIONAL FARMS, 105 Williams Street, Lawnside. Website: www.freehaveneducationalfarms.com.

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