Tom Douglas
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Born | {{{birth_date}}} Newark, DE |
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Cooking style | Pacific Rim |
Restaurants | Dahlia Lounge, Etta's Seafood, Lola, Palace Kitchen, Serious Pie (all located in Seattle) |
TV Show(s) | "Emeril Live"; Iron Chef America |
Tom Douglas is an American chef, restaurateur, and writer who won the 1994 James Beard Award for Best Northwest Chef. He has helped to define Northwest cuisine starting with his first restaurant called Dahlia Lounge, which 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 Ballard, WA with his daughter and wife and business partner Jackie Cross.
Tom 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 battled Masaharu Morimoto in an episode of Iron Chef America, hosts a talk show on KIRO radio and has visited Emeril Live.
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[edit] Restaurants
- Dahlia Lounge
- Etta's Seafood
- Lola
- Palace Kitchen
- Serious Pie
[edit] TV appearances
[edit] Bibliography
- Tom Douglas' Seattle Kitchen (2001), ISBN 0-688-17242-3
- Tom's Big Dinners: Big-Time Home Cooking for Family and Friends (2003), ISBN 0-060-51502-3
- I Love Crab Cakes! (2008), ISBN 0-060-88196-8
[edit] Awards
- 2001 James Beard Foundation/KitchenAid Book Award for Tom Douglas' Seattle Kitchen
- 1996 James Beard Foundation nominated Palace Kitchen for Best New Restaurant
- 1994 James Beard Foundation Best Northwest Chef