Jill Davie
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Jill Davie is the Chef de Cuisine at Josie, a Los Angeles restaurant owned by Josie Le Balch. Davie has worked at Josie Restaurant since its founding in 2001. She has appeared as a prominent guest chef on several Food Network shows. She was a contestant on The Next Iron Chef, but was eliminated in week two of the competition.
Davie studied at the Culinary Institute of America, and was one of the Top Ten Student Chefs in 1996. She received the Food and Wine Baby Chef award by Julia Child.[1] She also gained public notice as Sunkist's Lemon Lady, writing articles for their website[2] and travelling around the world to appearances to promote lemons.[3]
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[edit] Career
Chef Davie went to work in San Francisco under Jody Denton and Reed Hearon at LuLu's, and quickly earned a position as Chef de Cuisine at Hans Rockenwagner's eponymous restaurant. Davie traveled to Munich, Germany to work as a visiting chef at the upscale Lembach. She was featured in the German periodical Freundin. Two years after going to work for Rockenwagner, she was asked to lead Hans’ new restaurant, Rock, as the opening Chef. While at Rock, Davie was mentioned in Art Culinaire, Food Arts, and Gourmet. Before opening Josie Restaurant in Santa Monica, Chef Davie spent time as a visiting chef in Chicago, working at Tru, Blackbird, and Trotter’s.
[edit] Television appearances
- Hot Chefs: South Beach
- Ultimate Restaurants - piece on Josie
- Date Plate - guest chef
- Party Starters - guest chef
- The Next Iron Chef
- Food Network Challenge: "Ultimate Thanksgiving Feast" - judge
