Douglas grilling in front of the Dahlia Lounge during a pre-Thanksgiving food giveaway (2008) |
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| Born | Newark, Delaware |
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| Cooking style | Pacific Rim |
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Tom Douglas is an American chef, restaurateur, and writer who won the 1994 James Beard Award for Best Northwest Chef.
Born in Newark, Delaware, his first restaurant, Dahlia Lounge, opened in 1989. This was followed by Etta's Seafood and Palace Kitchen, which was nominated for Best New Restaurant by the James Beard Foundation in 1996. More recently he opened a Greek restaurant, Lola, and a pizzeria named Serious Pie. He lives in the Ballard, Seattle, Washington with his wife and business partner, Jackie Cross, and their daughter.
Douglas is a chef for Teatro ZinZanni and a member of the board of One Reel which produces it.[1] He is the author of Tom Douglas' Seattle Kitchen, named Best American Cookbook by the James Beard Foundation in 2001, Tom's Big Dinners in 2003, and most recently I Love Crab Cakes!
He defeated Masaharu Morimoto in an episode of Iron Chef America, hosts a talk show on KIRO radio, and has visited Emeril Live. In 2009, Douglas partnered with Amazon.com to create an exclusive line of kitchen and dining products, Tom Douglas by Pinzon, aimed at "building confidence in the kitchen".
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