Cooking Demonstration with Chef Tom Douglas
Saturday, April 4
Start Time: 1:00 PM
Celebrity chef Tom Douglas will offer an in-store cooking demonstration, including free food samples and prizes. Participants may also enter to win a Weber 22.5" charcoal grill. The event is free, but please call 315-228-7480 to reserve your space.
Click here for Tom's recipe for Olive Stuffed Flank Steak.
Tom Douglas has appeared on Emeril Live, Good Morning America, and with Martha Stewart and Giada deLaurentiis. He appeared on Iron Chef America, where he beat Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto in 2005. He was selected as “Best Restauranteur” in 2008 by Bon Appetit magazine, and is a 2009 semi-finalist for the prestigious James Beard “Best Restauranteur” award.
Along with his wife and business partner, Jackie Cross, Tom owns five of Seattle’s most exciting restaurants: Dahlia Lounge (nominated for Best Restaurant by the James Beard Association in 2006), Etta’s, Palace Kitchen (nominated for Best New Restaurant by the James Beard Association in 1997), Lola, and Serious Pie. In addition, Tom runs a retail bakery, Dahlia Bakery, a catering business, Tom Douglas’ Catering and Events, and an event space, Palace Ballroom. All of Tom’s restaurants are located in downtown Seattle.
Over the course of more than 20 years, Tom has been featured by the media as the Seattle chef who has helped to define the Northwest Style. Tom’s creativity with local ingredients and his respect for Seattle’s ethnic traditions have helped him win numerous awards and accolades including the James Beard Award for Best Northwest Chef in 1994.
Tom’s love of food continues to evolve beyond the restaurant scene. He is the author of three cookbooks, Tom Douglas’ Seattle Kitchen (Morrow, 2001), which won a James Beard award for Best Americana Cookbook, Tom’s Big Dinners (Morrow, 2003), and I Love Crab Cakes (Morrow, 2006). In addition, Tom’s specialty food line, which includes Rub with Love spice rubs plus barbecue and teriyaki sauces, is sold nationwide. Tom also hosts his own weekly talk radio show, Tom Douglas’ Seattle Kitchen, on 710 KIRO.
Tom lives in Seattle, Washington, with his wife, Jackie, and daughter, Loretta.
