Renee Erickson (chef)

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.[1]

References
  1. NPR Staff (May 6, 2016). "Why This Seattle Chef Is Embracing A Higher Minimum Wage For Employees". NPR. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  2. "Catching Up with Renee Erickson On Her 'A Boat a Whale & a Walrus' Book Tour". Seattle Magazine. 2014-10-17. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
  3. Varriano, Jackie (December 19, 2015). "A Peek Inside Renee Erickson's New Seattle Restaurants". Zagat. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  4. Knowlton, Andrew (April 27, 2016). "Chef Renee Erickson Makes Us Want to Move to Seattle". Bon Appétit. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  5. Ahern, Shauna James (26 December 2014). "Renee Erickson has four Seattle restaurants, and now a cookbook". The Washington Post. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  6. Billups, Sara (30 September 2014). "Renee Erickson on Her First Cookbook: A Boat, A Whale, and A Walrus". Eater Seattle. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  7. Jones, Allison (September 15, 2014). "Inside Renee Erickson's 'A Boat, a Whale, and a Walrus'". Portland Monthly. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
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