Chef todd gray biography of donald
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About We Love DC
‘Todd Gray at Watershed’
courtesy of ‘bonappetitfoodie’
Juggling multiple restaurants and two catering companies, along with a recent RAMMY award win for 2011 Chef of the Year and several James Beard Foundation Award nominations, you could call Todd Gray a powerhouse of sorts. This year alone, the chef and his wife and business partner, Ellen Kassoff Gray, have expanded their hospitality group to include Todd Gray’s Watershed and Todd Gray’s Muse at the Corcoran just this year. So where did the chef start all of this?
For Gray, who grew up outside of Washington, DC, he knew he wanted to own a restaurant before he knew he wanted to be a chef. While he was studying at the University of Richmond and was working in the front of the house at a local restaurant, he found that he fell in love with the kitchen. “The culinary bus came and I jumped on,” he says.
Flash forward to years of building a successful career, it’s certain that the chef has far more planned for the future. Gray and his wife are working on a book due out in September 2012 with the working title, “Kitchen Conversations: Blending Jewish and American Flavors for Delicious, Easy Meals.” The chef slyly adds that there may be a fe
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Chapter 1: Salutations!
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Featured Chef
Equinox, Washington, DC
Leading a Food Revolution
by: Jessica Jewel Tyler
Farm-to-table is a concept we’ve been hearing about for the last few years, but this D.C. restaurant is celebrating 20 years of doing local, seasonal, and sustainable food before there was even a name for it. Chef Todd Gray’s 95% waste-free restaurant, Equinox, is credited with pioneering the sustainable food movement in D.C. and starting a culinary renaissance in our nation’s capital. Chef Todd is also highly praised for creating a place where vegetarians, pescatarians, and meat lovers can dine together in perfect harmony. With a variety of creative plant-based plates and hearty seafood and meat options, there’s something for everyone.
According to Chef Todd, his inspiration came from watching the way farmers eat, along with the food he experienced during his travels. What he created was a new and innovative take on American cuisine that’s rooted in the European techniques he mastered at the Culinary Institute of America. The menu was also influenced by his trips to Israel and the Mediterranean. Ingredients like za’atar spice, almond crusts, and date infused sauces often find their way into menued dishes. You can really see the Mediterranean sway in the pan-roasted Octopus serve