Caroline Glover

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Caroline Glover
Born1986 (age 38–39) [1]
Texas [1]
Education Culinary Institute of America
SpouseNelson Harvey
Children1
Culinary career
Current restaurant(s)
    • Annette
    • Traveling Mercies
Previous restaurant(s)
Award(s) won

Caroline Glover is an American chef and restaurateur. She is the co-founder and chef of Annette, a gastropub, and Traveling Mercies, an oyster and cocktail bar, in Aurora, Colorado.

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Early life and education

Glover is a native of Texas. [1] She initially began working in restaurants at the age of fifteen, starting at Chili's as a "to-go" worker. [1] [2]

Glover attended Texas Christian University for two years before becoming unhappy with her situation. She left the college and decided to travel to Yosemite National Park, where she met some individuals who attended the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, New York, [2] a school that Glover would later graduate from. [3]

Career

Glover began her career working on the line at Greenwich Village’s The Spotted Pig. She was promoted to Sous Chef under April Bloomfield and executive chef Nate Smith. [3] She worked on farms in Pennsylvania, Vermont, and Colorado, [1] before returning to work at Acorn, a restaurant in Denver, Colorado, [3] training under chef Amos Watts. [4]

In 2016, Glover co-founded Annette, a gastropub [5] operating out of the Stanley Marketplace in Aurora, Colorado. [6] The restaurant is named after her great-aunt Annette, nicknamed Netsie, who often visited Glover and her family in College Station, Texas. [5] Some ingredients used at the restaurant are grown by Glover, incorporating her experiences with farming into the dishes served. [5] Bon Appétit named Annette as one of the 50 Best New Restaurants in the USA in 2017, [7] later becoming a 2018 James Beard semi-finalist under the category of Best New Restaurant. [8]

In 2023, Glover opened Traveling Mercies, an oyster-and-cocktail bar also hosted in the Aurora-based Stanley Marketplace. [9] The name of the bar was inspired by a phrase Glover's mother used in place of "safe travels". [10] Traveling Mercies was named on Esquire's Best Bars in America list in 2024 [11] and as a James Beard semi-finalist under the category of Best New Bar in 2025. [12]

Awards and honors

In 2019, Food & Wine named Glover one of the year’s Best New Chefs. [13]

In 2022, Glover won the James Beard award for Best Chef in the Mountain Region. [14] [3] She previously was a semi-finalist for the award in 2018 and 2019, and was a nominee for the award in 2020 before the award's cancellation due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [15]

Personal life

Glover is married to her husband, Nelson Harvey. The couple has one child together, born in early 2023. [9]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Mulvahill, Elizabeth (4 September 2019). "Top Chef". Colorado Homes & Lifestyles.
  2. 1 2 Shunk, Laura (8 February 2017). "Caroline Glover on Group Therapy for Chefs, Sustainability and Annette". Westword.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Powell, Brynna (August 16, 2022). "Chef Caroline Glover's Journey To Annette and Her Continued Excellence Within Denver's Culinary World". 303 Magazine. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  4. ↑ Luem, Maia (30 April 2024). "Chef Amos Watts, weeks from reopening The Fifth String, dies at 43". Business Den.
  5. 1 2 3 Lofholm, Nancy (July 19, 2022). "Comfort food takes a different form at the award-winning Aurora restaurant Annette". CPR News. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  6. ↑ Otárola, Miguel (17 March 2025). "Five years after the pandemic began, Colorado's restaurant industry isn't the same. Will it ever be?". The Denver Post.
  7. ↑ Reedy, Allyson (1 August 2017). "2 of the country's best new restaurants are in Colorado, according to Bon Appetit". The Denver Post.
  8. ↑ Sexton, Josie (15 February 2018). "James Beard Awards Announce Eight Colorado Semifinalists". Eater.
  9. 1 2 O'Neill, Lily (14 November 2023). "Annette's award-winning chef will open second restaurant". The Denver Post.
  10. ↑ Rodz, Emily (20 February 2024). "Caroline Glover's New Cocktail Bar Offers an Escape From the Everyday at Traveling Mercies". 303 Magazine.
  11. ↑ Sintumuang, Kevin; Mamoon, Omar; David Stein, Joshua; Gordinier, Jeff (30 May 2024). "The Best Bars in America 2024". Esquire.
  12. ↑ Abeyta, Michael (15 February 2025). "Award winning chef serving up fresh oysters in Aurora". CBS News.
  13. ↑ Rothmam, Jordana. "F&W Best New Chefs 2019: Caroline Glover of Annette in Aurora, Colorado". Food&Wine. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  14. ↑ Reedy, Allyson (June 17, 2022). "Get to Know Aurora's First James Beard Award–Winning Chef". 5280. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  15. ↑ Martin, Molly (13 June 2022). "Caroline Glover of Annette Wins Best Chef, Mountain at the 2022 James Beard Awards". Westword.
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