Chef On The Rise
NUVO Magazine - Fall 2012
The owner of the tiny, far-flung island inn in Washington state posted a Craigslist ad seeking a seasonal chef. Across a continent and an ocean, it caught the attention of a young cook seeking to make his mark.
Blaine Wetzel was in the middle of a year as a chef de partie at Copenhagen’s Noma, a restaurant that had just hit full stride and was about to be named to the top spot on S.Pellegrino’s World’s 50 Best Restaurants list for the first time. Say what you will about restaurant ranking systems—it made for a great starting point in negotiations.
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