Chefs - Washingtonian https://www.washingtonian.com The website that Washington lives by. Thu, 09 Mar 2023 15:11:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://www.washingtonian.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/cropped-washingtonian-favicon-gigantic-138x138.png Chefs - Washingtonian https://www.washingtonian.com 32 32 Why DC Chefs Are Forming Alliances with International Embassies https://www.washingtonian.com/2023/03/09/why-dc-chefs-are-forming-alliances-with-international-embassies/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-dc-chefs-are-forming-alliances-with-international-embassies Thu, 09 Mar 2023 15:11:47 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=1627328 Chef Ryan Ratino is always looking for extraordinary ingredients to help his Logan Circle tasting room, Jônt, stand out. Recently, he was eyeing Japanese strawberries. The small-batch fruit rarely makes it to the US, and it can cost $30 a berry. When his usual in-the-know ingredients dealers couldn’t help, he turned to another source: the […]

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What’s a Chef to Do Without a Restaurant? Sell Luxe Chirashi Out of a Car Trunk or Barbecue From the Driveway. https://www.washingtonian.com/2021/06/23/whats-a-chef-to-do-without-a-restaurant-sell-luxe-chirashi-out-of-a-car-trunk-or-barbecue-from-the-driveway/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=whats-a-chef-to-do-without-a-restaurant-sell-luxe-chirashi-out-of-a-car-trunk-or-barbecue-from-the-driveway Wed, 23 Jun 2021 11:00:07 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=1534614 Twin sisters LaShone and RaeShawn Middleton had always told themselves they’d stop waiting tables by age 30. Suddenly in March 2020, the 29-year-old culinary-school grads didn’t have any choice. Within hours of each other, they lost jobs at high-end DC restaurants—Bresca and Cranes, respectively—due to Covid. They moved to their mom’s Laurel home and started […]

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A New Dining App Aims to Support BIPOC Chefs in the Pandemic https://www.washingtonian.com/2021/02/24/new-dc-dining-app-aims-to-support-bipoc-chefs-in-the-pandemic/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-dc-dining-app-aims-to-support-bipoc-chefs-in-the-pandemic Wed, 24 Feb 2021 15:48:48 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=1441799 Zymmo, an app connecting freelance chefs to local diners, is launching in the DC area. Founder and CEO Vidhya Subramanian says the service is designed to support chefs who may have lost their jobs or catering and private event clientele due to the pandemic—particularly BIPOC talents. The app allows users to directly order meals and […]

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This Chef Works 80 Hours a Week but Still Makes Time for Healthy Eating, Daily Exercise, and Squeezing in 18 Holes of Golf https://www.washingtonian.com/2019/11/05/this-chef-works-80-hours-a-week-but-still-makes-time-for-healthy-eating-daily-exercise-and-squeezing-in-18-holes-of-golf/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=this-chef-works-80-hours-a-week-but-still-makes-time-for-healthy-eating-daily-exercise-and-squeezing-in-18-holes-of-golf Tue, 05 Nov 2019 12:00:01 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=907741 Welcome to Busy Bodies, where we ask busy Washingtonians how they balance health and fitness while working crazy hours, raising a family, and meeting the demands of the daily hustle. Know someone who’s killing the fitness game while getting it done (maybe it’s you)? Email mmontgomery@washingtonian.com.  Mike Cordero, 59, is the executive chef and owner of nine […]

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Why This Mexican Chef Isn’t Serving Tacos or Guacamole at his Upcoming Restaurant Near Union Market https://www.washingtonian.com/2019/05/22/why-mexican-chef-christian-irabien-isnt-serving-tacos-guacamole-upcoming-union-market-restaurant/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-mexican-chef-christian-irabien-isnt-serving-tacos-guacamole-upcoming-union-market-restaurant Wed, 22 May 2019 11:00:27 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=720428 You won’t find guacamole or tacos at Amparo Fondita when the Mexican restaurant opens in La Cosecha marketplace—Union Market’s 20,000-square-foot Latin sibling—this fall. Chef/owner Christian Irabién, an Oyamel alum, is part of a cadre of Mexican chefs pushing the boundaries of their native cuisine in Washington. Here, the Chihuahua native talks about his first impressions […]

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DC Has a Sushi Chef Shortage https://www.washingtonian.com/2019/01/10/dc-has-a-sushi-chef-shortage/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dc-has-a-sushi-chef-shortage Thu, 10 Jan 2019 12:00:21 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=576789 Kōbō—the rave-reviewed eight-seat omakase counter inside Sushiko in Chevy Chase—was forced to go on hiatus this fall. It wasn’t due to a lack of customers, though. There just weren’t enough sushi chefs. While Washington’s dining scene has exploded in recent years, the pool of experienced restaurant workers has not. Most restaurateurs will tell you staffing […]

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Dozens of DC Chefs Have All Worked For the Same Four Dining Pioneers https://www.washingtonian.com/2016/10/12/dozens-of-dc-chefs-have-all-worked-for-the-same-four-dining-pioneers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dozens-of-dc-chefs-have-all-worked-for-the-same-four-dining-pioneers Wed, 12 Oct 2016 11:40:00 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=205609 The area’s dining scene has never gotten more national attention. The Michelin Guide will deliver its first local appraisal this month, and Bon Appétit recently anointed Washington the country’s hottest food city. But though the recognition has happened only recently, the roots of today’s scene go back further than you might think. In the ’80s […]

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Petition Urges José Andrés to Dump Trump https://www.washingtonian.com/2015/07/03/petition-urges-jose-andres-to-dump-trump/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=petition-urges-jose-andres-to-dump-trump https://www.washingtonian.com/2015/07/03/petition-urges-jose-andres-to-dump-trump/#respond Fri, 03 Jul 2015 19:11:18 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/blogs/bestbites/chefs/petition-urges-jose-andres-to-dump-trump.php Andrés. Photograph by Pablo de Loy. A petition on Change.org asks ThinkFoodGroup President José Andrés to "reconsider" his plan to open a restaurant in the luxury hotel Donald Trump is building in the Old Post Office. The petition says...

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DC-Area Chefs to Put on Your Radar https://www.washingtonian.com/2015/06/16/dc-area-chefs-to-know-bangkokgolden-thipkhao-bayoubakery-amoos-ruanthai-dcitysmokehouse/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dc-area-chefs-to-know-bangkokgolden-thipkhao-bayoubakery-amoos-ruanthai-dcitysmokehouse https://www.washingtonian.com/2015/06/16/dc-area-chefs-to-know-bangkokgolden-thipkhao-bayoubakery-amoos-ruanthai-dcitysmokehouse/#respond Tue, 16 Jun 2015 11:00:00 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/blogs/bestbites/chefs/dc-area-chefs-to-know-bangkokgolden-thipkhao-bayoubakery-amoos-ruanthai-dcitysmokehouse.php Illustration by Daniel Zalkus. Seng Luangrath Chef/owner, Bangkok Golden in Falls Church and Thip Khao in Columbia Heights Grew up in: Vientiane, Laos. How she learned to cook: “I loved to cook when I was little. I liked to...

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"Crack-pie" Creator Christina Tosi Looks Back On Her Northern Virginia Upbringing https://www.washingtonian.com/2015/04/20/crack-pie-creator-christina-tosi-looks-back-on-her-northern-virginia-upbringing/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=crack-pie-creator-christina-tosi-looks-back-on-her-northern-virginia-upbringing https://www.washingtonian.com/2015/04/20/crack-pie-creator-christina-tosi-looks-back-on-her-northern-virginia-upbringing/#respond Mon, 20 Apr 2015 10:00:00 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/blogs/bestbites/interviews/crack-pie-creator-christina-tosi-looks-back-on-her-northern-virginia-upbringing.php Christina Tosi, the James Beard Award-winning pastry chef behind Momofuku Milk Bar in New York and Toronto, is coming home. This year Tosi—who grew up in Springfield—will open a branch of her quirky bakery in CityCenterDC, next to sister restaurant...

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