Ethan Stowell
2208 Queen Anne Ave. N.
Seattle, Washington
206-838-8090
Tavolàta
2323 Second Ave.
Seattle, Washington
206-838-8008
Anchovies & Olives
1550 15th Ave.
Seattle, Washington
206-838-8080
Union Restaurant
1400 First Ave.
Seattle, Washington
206-838-8000
Why he won Because, as a self-taught chef, he applies his exceptional home-cooking skills to Pacific Northwest seafood and produce to create delicious, accessible dishes.
Born Königstein, Germany; 1974.
Experience Lampreia, Nell’s and the Painted Table, Seattle.
How ballet influenced his cooking “My parents ran the Pacific Northwest Ballet Company. My mom always said that to be a great dancer, you need discipline and technique. It took years for that to sink in.”
Food obsession Uncooked dishes. “I love everything raw right now: toro or kohada [shad], veal carpaccio, beef tartare. I’m not on a raw-food diet, but I think the best thing you can do to a dish is to add a little salt, a little olive oil. Some things need a little pepper or anchovy oil. It’s not a good way to prepare an 18-ounce T-bone, but it is a good way to tell how much respect a kitchen has for the food.”



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