Ken Oringer

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Ken Oringer (born 1965 in Paramus, New Jersey) is a Boston-based chef [1] who is a business partner of Jamie Bissonnette. [2]

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Education

Oringer studied restaurant management at Bryant College in Rhode Island (class of 1987) [3] followed by a degree from the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, New York. [4] His classmates voted him Most Likely to Succeed [5]

Career

His first job after graduation was at River Café in New York, followed by a pastry chef position at Al Forno in Providence, Rhode Island and as sous chef under Jean-Georges Vongerichten at the Marquis de Lafayette in Boston. Next, he briefly operated Terra Ristorante Italiano, founded by restaurateur Paul Ardaji in Greenwich, Connecticut, which won three stars from The NY Times. [6]

In 1992, Oringer moved to San Francisco and became chef de cuisine at Silks in the Mandarin Oriental Hotel. Conde' Nast Traveler magazine listed Silks as "one of the top 20 restaurants in America." Raves followed in Gourmet. [7]

In 1995, Oringer returned to Boston, and won praise for his work at Tosca in suburban Hingham. Within a year, the restaurant was dubbed "Best on the South Shore," and Ken was profiled on CNN. In 1997, he opened Clio in Boston's Eliot Hotel. [8] Clio has been a Gourmet magazine Top Table. Oringer has also appeared on several Food Network shows, as guest, cook and winning contestant. [9] [10] [11] Clio was closed in 2015.

He also worked as a pastry chef at Al Forno. [12]

Other restaurants include the Japanese-fusion restaurant, Uni - which was expanded, taking over the space formerly occupied by Clio, tapas restaurant Toro, Mexican taqueria La Verdad, and the enoteca Coppa, organic restaurant Earth at Hidden Pond opened in Kennebunkport, [13] in 2011, and a second Toro outpost in New York. [14]

In 2016, Oringer and his partner Jamie Bissonnette opened up a "global tapas" restaurant, called Little Donkey, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [15]

Awards and honors

After nominations in 1998 and 1999, he won The James Beard Foundation's Best Chef — Northeast Award in 2001. [16] [17]

In 2002, he was one of People Magazine's Hottest Bachelors. [18]

Personal life

Married to wife Celine, he has two children. [19]

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References

  1. ↑ "Chef Ken Oringer at Clio". Archived from the original on 2014-11-29.
  2. ↑ "The 10 Dishes That Made My Career: Ken Oringer of Toro". First We Feast.
  3. ↑ The alumni leadership Weekend celebrates five years!
  4. ↑ "Chef Ken Oringer at Clio". Archived from the original on 2014-11-29.
  5. ↑ "Our Team". Earth at Hidden Pond.
  6. ↑ "Chef Ken Oringer at Clio". Archived from the original on 2014-11-29.
  7. ↑ "Chef Ken Oringer at Clio". Archived from the original on 2014-11-29.
  8. ↑ "The 10 Dishes That Made My Career: Ken Oringer of Toro". First We Feast.
  9. ↑ "Chef Ken Oringer at Clio". Archived from the original on 2014-11-29.
  10. ↑ "Our Team". Earth at Hidden Pond.
  11. ↑ "French Restaurants Boston".
  12. ↑ Akkam, Alia (November 24, 2013). "The 10 Dishes That Made My Career: Ken Oringer of Toro". First We Feast. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  13. ↑ "Our Team". Earth at Hidden Pond.
  14. ↑ "The 10 Dishes That Made My Career: Ken Oringer of Toro". First We Feast.
  15. ↑ "Lirrle Donkey". Little Donkey. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  16. ↑ "Chef Ken Oringer at Clio". Archived from the original on 2014-11-29.
  17. ↑ "French Restaurants Boston".
  18. ↑ The Bachelors - Hottest Bachelors, Ben Affleck, Carson Daly, Chris Kattan, Dale Earnhardt Jr., David Blaine, Donnie Yen, Enrique Iglesias, Esai Morales, Ethan Zohn, George Clooney, George Eads, Jay McGraw, John Miller, Joshua Jackson, Kevin Fitzgerald, Matthew Von Ertfelda, Michael Rosenbaum, Michael Vartan, Sam Page, Steve Harris, Tobey Maguire, Travis Fimmel, Ty Pennington, Wilmer Valderrama, Zach Braff
  19. ↑ "Our Team". Earth at Hidden Pond.
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