Name Paul Virant | Role Chef | |
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Born February 25, 1970 (age 54) ( 1970-02-25 ) Cooking style Contemporary American Cuisine Education The Culinary Institute of America Books The Preservation Kitchen: The Craft of Making and Cooking with Pickles, Preserves, and Aigre-doux Nominations James Beard Award for Best Chef: Great Lakes | ||
Chef paul virant of vie makes chicken liver mousse w cranberry aigre doux
Paul Virant (born February 25, 1970) is the chef and owner of Vie in Western Springs, Illinois, Vistro in Hinsdale, Illinois, and Perennial Virant in Chicago. His contributions to cooking include introducing inventive canning and preserve recipes to the restaurant industry which culminated into the release of his cookbook The Preservation Kitchen: The Craft of Making and Cooking with Pickles, Preserves, and Aigre-doux (co-written with Kate Leahy and photographed by Jeff Kauck).
Contents
- Chef paul virant of vie makes chicken liver mousse w cranberry aigre doux
- Chef paul virant restaurante perennial virant chicago
- Early life
- Career
- Participation in Iron Chef America
- Books
- Awards
- References
Chef paul virant restaurante perennial virant chicago
Early life
Paul Virant’s philosophy of year-round, seasonal eating stems from his childhood growing up outside of St. Louis, Missouri on a farm. Family trips to the farmers markets, gardening, cooking and preserving were a significant part of his family’s activities. These experiences helped him develop his reverence for local ingredients, an appreciation towards gastronomy and the time-honored practice of canning and preserving.
Career
After graduating with a degree in nutrition from West Virginia Wesleyan College, he enrolled at the Culinary Institute of America (CIA) in Hyde Park, New York. Following culinary school, he went on to further refine his skills at March in New York City where he worked with chefs Wayne Nish and Hilary Gregg. After two years, chef Virant moved to Chicago where he worked at such restaurants as Charlie Trotter’s, Ambria, Everest and Blackbird.
In 2004, he opened Vie in a nearby suburb of Chicago. With a focus on house-made pickles and preserves, chef Virant's contemporary American cuisine at Vie has garnered regional and national attention, including a three-star review by Phil Vettel of the Chicago Tribune and a Michelin Star. In 2011, he became partner and executive chef of Boka Restaurant Group's Perennial Virant and helped open The J. Parker - the rooftop lounge and bar located at Hotel Lincoln in Chicago - the following year.
Virant is an avid supporter of local, family farms and frequents the Green City Market, Chicago’s outdoor farmers market providing local, sustainably grown food with a mission to connect farmers and local producers directly with chefs and the community. He also serves on SAVEUR's chef advisory board as a SAVEUR Tastemaker™.
Participation in Iron Chef America
Paul Virant competed in season seven of Iron Chef America against Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto. Virant lost to Morimoto with a final score of 51-50. The secret ingredient was pheasant.
Books
The Preservation Kitchen: The Craft of Making and Cooking with Pickles, Preserves, and Aigre-doux by Paul Virant with Kate Leahy. Published by Ten Speed Press, a division of Random House, Inc.
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