Renee Erickson (chef) explained

Renee Erickson (chef)
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Renee Erickson (born 1972) is a Seattle-based chef and restaurateur. Owner and chef at a group of six Seattle restaurants, Erickson won the 2016 James Beard Award for Best Chef: Northwest.[1]

Erickson began her restaurant career while an art student at the University of Washington: needing a job to afford her studies, she worked for some years at the restaurant Boat Street, but then unexpectedly was offered the opportunity to buy it when she was 25.[2] Though she had planned to go back to school, she accepted and bought Boat Street. A business partner eventually persuaded her to expand further and she has become owner and chef of a group of restaurants in Seattle, including Bar Melusine, Bateau,[3] Boat Street Cafe, The Whale Wins, Barnacle, and The Walrus and the Carpenter. Bon Appetit titled a 2016 profile of Erickson and her restaurants, "Why Seattle Is One of the Most Exciting Places to Eat in the Country," and compared Erickson to M.F.K. Fisher, Elizabeth David, and Julia Child in her generational significance as a chef.[4]

In 2014, Erickson published a cookbook called A Boat, a Whale & a Walrus.[5] Eater described it as a cookbook while also part narrative and memoir.[6] It has 70 recipes organized into seasonal meals.[7]

Erickson has been a prominent supporter of Seattle's minimum wage increase, adopting the $15 minimum hourly wage five years ahead of the legal mandate.

Notes and References

  1. News: NPR Staff. Why This Seattle Chef Is Embracing A Higher Minimum Wage For Employees. 25 October 2016. NPR. May 6, 2016. 26 October 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161026080036/http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/05/06/476797446/why-this-seattle-chef-is-embracing-a-higher-minimum-wage-for-employees. live.
  2. Web site: 2014-10-17. Catching Up with Renee Erickson On Her 'A Boat a Whale & a Walrus' Book Tour. 2020-12-06. Seattle Magazine. en. 2020-08-31. https://web.archive.org/web/20200831005633/https://www.seattlemag.com/article/catching-renee-erickson-her-boat-whale-walrus-book-tour. live.
  3. News: Varriano. Jackie. A Peek Inside Renee Erickson's New Seattle Restaurants. 25 October 2016. Zagat. December 19, 2015. 26 October 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161026001311/https://www.zagat.com/b/seattle/look-inside-renee-ericksons-two-new-seattle-restaurants. live.
  4. News: Knowlton. Andrew. Chef Renee Erickson Makes Us Want to Move to Seattle. 25 October 2016. Bon Appétit. April 27, 2016. 26 October 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161026075635/http://www.bonappetit.com/restaurants-travel/article/seattle-renee-erickson. live.
  5. News: Ahern. Shauna James. Renee Erickson has four Seattle restaurants, and now a cookbook. 25 October 2016. The Washington Post. 26 December 2014. 26 October 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161026000007/https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/food/2014/12/26/a14ef954-8a06-11e4-a085-34e9b9f09a58_story.html. live.
  6. Web site: Billups . Sara . Renee Erickson on Her First Cookbook: A Boat, A Whale, and A Walrus . Eater Seattle . 6 December 2020 . en . 30 September 2014 . 9 October 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161009032906/http://seattle.eater.com/2014/9/30/6870891/renee-erickson-cookbook-a-boat-a-whale-and-a-walrus . live .
  7. News: Jones . Allison . Inside Renee Erickson's 'A Boat, a Whale, and a Walrus' . 6 December 2020 . Portland Monthly . September 15, 2014 . 8 July 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220708032426/https://www.pdxmonthly.com/eat-and-drink/2014/09/inside-renee-ericksons-a-boat-a-whale-and-a-august-2014 . live .

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