Tom Douglas (chef)
Tom Douglas | |
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Douglas at the grill in front of the Dahlia Lounge during a pre-Thanksgiving food giveaway in 2008 | |
| Born | August 2, 1958 Wilmington, Delaware, U.S. |
| Spouse | Jackie Cross |
| Culinary career | |
| Cooking style | Pacific Rim, Italian, Greek |
| Website | tomdouglas |
Tom Douglas (born August 2, 1958) is an American executive chef, restaurateur, author, and radio talk show host, and winner of the 1994 James Beard Award for Best Northwest Chef. In 2012 he also won the James Beard Award as Best Restaurateur. He is the author of Tom Douglas' Seattle Kitchen, which was named the Best American Cookbook by the James Beard Foundation and KitchenAid, in 2001. In 2005, he appeared on an episode of the Food Network's Iron Chef America, in which he defeated Chef Masaharu Morimoto.