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Heong Soon Park of Chan Seattle and Bacco Cafe

Heong Soon Park of Chan Seattle and Bacco Cafe

Seattle’s ‘New’ Korean Dining Pioneer – Chef Heong Soon Park Author’s Note – Tray Kitchen closed in April 2016. Both of Heong Soon Park’s other restaurants – Chan and Bacco remain open. The ‘New’ Asian Cuisine in Seattle...
An Interview with Maxime Bilet of Imagine Food

An Interview with Maxime Bilet of Imagine Food

The French Connection Walking into Maxime Bilet’s new world – the Imagine Food space in Seattle – I sense an intense focus on connections.  Connections between tradition and innovation.  Relationships between senses – tastes, smells, feeling, and the combination...
Altura Chef Nathan Lockwood

Altura Chef Nathan Lockwood

Chef Nathan Lockwood of Altura Mise en Place Anyone who knows anything about food service knows this term.  French for ‘putting in place’ or aka ‘meez’ – it’s compulsory for any chef or cook worth their salt to be able to do.  Not having your mise set up properly can...
Sam Crannell of LloydMartin

Sam Crannell of LloydMartin

The Price of Passion Over the past year I’ve interviewed several Chefs in the Seattle area.  While their personal stories vary, there is one constant that rings true for each and every one – none are in it for the money.  Working in the food business as a...
Thierry Rautureau – The Chef in the Hat

Thierry Rautureau – The Chef in the Hat

The Evolution of a Chef: with Thierry Rautureau Full disclosure:  I’ve long been a fan of Chef Thierry Rautureau.  Of course, there’s the food that he’s brought to Seattle for so many years at Rover’s, Luc and now Loulay – his newest restaurant in the heart of...
Dustin Ronspies of Art of the Table

Dustin Ronspies of Art of the Table

What is a Chef?   Based on the definition above, one could easily develop a mental picture of a Chef, wearing a big, white toque presiding over a crew of men and women in a big corporate kitchen somewhere.  The definition is formal, businesslike and specific.  It...