Edouardo Jordan

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Edouardo Jordan
Born1980[ citation needed ]
St. Petersburg, Florida
Education University of Florida, Le Cordon Bleu (Orlando Culinary Academy)
Culinary career
Current restaurant(s)
  • Salare, JuneBaby
Award(s) won

Edouardo Jordan is an American chef and restaurateur based in Seattle, Washington.

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Early life and career

Jordan grew up in St. Petersburg, Florida and studied business at the University of Florida. He then attended the Le Cordon Bleu (Orlando Culinary Academy) and got his first kitchen job in Tampa, Florida. Jordan received an apprenticeship at The French Laundry and then worked at The Herbfarm in Woodinville, Washington. He then went to New York City to work at Per Se. He spent a month working with salumists in Parma, Italy before returning to New York to join the kitchen at Lincoln Ristorante. In 2012, he moved to Seattle to work at Matt Dillon's Sitka and Spruce. He soon became the Chef De Cuisine at Dillon's Bar Sajor. [1] [2]

Restaurants

In 2015, Jordan opened his own restaurant, Salare in Ravenna, Seattle, with some help from a Kickstarter campaign. [3] Salare's menu is based in Jordan's French and Italian training with some Southern influences. [1] He was named a StarChefs Rising Star and won Eater Seattle's 2015 “Chef of the Year” title. [2] He was named one of the Best New Chefs of 2016 by Food & Wine magazine. [4]

In 2017, Jordan opened his second restaurant, JuneBaby, featuring Southern food and located just down the street from Salare, and it received national attention. [5] It was selected as a Critic's Pick by Pete Wells of the New York Times . [6] At the 2018 James Beard Foundation Awards, Jordan won the title of Best Chef: Northwest, and JuneBaby won Best New Restaurant. [7] The Puget Sound Business Journal named Jordan to its 2018 list of 40 Under 40. [8] Seattle Magazine named him one of Seattle's Most Influential People. [9] People magazine named Jordan as a finalist for sexiest chef alive. [10]

On June 8, 2021, Eater reported that Jordan had announced the permanent closing of Salare. [11] JuneBaby is set to close in December 2023. [12]

Epic Sexual harassment allegations

Jordan was accused of repeatedly groping four of his restaurant employees at work, according to a June 13, 2021 article in the Seattle Times . An additional ten workers said that he "made sexual comments, including about their breasts, or frequently touched them in unwanted ways, like hugging them from behind at work." [13] On the day the article was published, nearly all of Jordan's restaurant staff at his Salare and JuneBaby restaurants quit their jobs. [14] As of January 2022, no criminal charges were filed nor were any civil actions brought against Jordan as a result of these multiple accusations.

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References

  1. 1 2 Price, Jason (June 22, 2015). "Edouardo Jordan On Growing Up Cooking And The Story Behind Salare". Eater Seattle.
  2. 1 2 "Chef Edouardo Jordan of JuneBaby - Biography". StarChefs. September 2017.
  3. ↑ Jordan, Edouardo (March 2015). "Salare Restaurant". Kickstarter.
  4. ↑ "Edouardo Jordan of Seattle's Salare is a 2016 F&W Best New Chef". Food & Wine. May 24, 2017.
  5. ↑ Richardson, Nikita (September 25, 2017). "At JuneBaby, Seattle's Buzziest New Restaurant, Come for the Food but Stay for the History". Bon Appétit.
  6. ↑ Wells, Pete (March 15, 2018). "A Celebration of Black Southern Food, at JuneBaby in Seattle". The New York Times.
  7. ↑ Clement, Bethany Jean (May 7, 2018). "Seattle chef Edouardo Jordan wins big at the 2018 James Beard awards, bringing home two prizes". Seattle Times.
  8. ↑ Lambert, Ryan (November 6, 2018). "40 Under 40: Edouardo Jordan draws inspiration from his mother's cooking". Puget Sound Business Journal.
  9. ↑ Lin, Chelsea (November 2018). "Seattle's Most Influential People 2018: Chef Edouardo Jordan". Seattle Magazine.
  10. ↑ Dutt, Sonal (November 1, 2018). "Meet the 10 Finalists for PEOPLE's Sexiest Chef Alive 2018!". People Magazine.
  11. ↑ Guarente, Gabe (June 8, 2021). "Acclaimed Chef Edouardo Jordan to Close His First Seattle Restaurant Salare". Eater.
  12. ↑ Varriano, Jackie (December 18, 2023). "Edouardo Jordan announces Seattle's JuneBaby is closing for good". The Seattle Times. Retrieved December 18, 2023.
  13. ↑ Varianno, Jackie (June 13, 2021). "Edouardo Jordan, acclaimed Seattle chef, accused by 15 women of sexual misconduct or unwanted touching". Seattle Times.
  14. ↑ Fields, Asia (June 16, 2021). "Staff at Seattle chef Edouardo Jordan's restaurants quits following sexual misconduct allegations". Seattle Times.
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