Maria Hines

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Maria Hines
Education Mesa College
Culinary career
Current restaurant(s)
  • Tilth
Previous restaurant(s)
  • Agrodolce, Golden Beetle
Television show(s)
Award(s) won

Maria Hines is a Seattle restaurateur and James Beard Award-winning chef. She's also the co-author of the cook book Peak Nutrition: Smart Fuel for Outdoor Adventure.

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Early life and career

Hines was raised in Bowling Green, Ohio and San Diego, California, and she earned a degree in culinary arts from Mesa College. [1] [2] She worked in kitchens across the country and in Europe before becoming executive chef at Earth & Ocean in the W Hotel in Seattle. [3]

Restaurants

In 2005, she was named one of the “Top Ten Best New Chefs in America” by Food & Wine magazine, and she decided to open her own restaurant. [3] The restaurant was named Tilth, and it opened in Wallingford in 2006. [4] Hines worked with Nora Pouillon and Oregon Tilth to have the restaurant certified organic. [4] In 2008, the New York Times recognized Tilth as one of the ten best new restaurants in the country. [5] In 2009, Hines won the James Beard Award for Best Chef: Northwest. [6]

Hines opened two more restaurants: the Golden Beetle in 2011, and Agrodolce in 2012, both certified organic. [2] The Golden Beetle was not financially successful and closed in 2016. [7] In March 2019, Hines announced that she would sell Agrodolce to her executive chef, focusing her efforts on Tilth and on writing a cookbook and developing retail products. [7]

Tilth closed in October 2020 due to the COVID pandemic. [8]

Television

In 2010, Hines won an episode of Iron Chef America , defeating Masaharu Morimoto in a battle of Pacific cod [9] She also competed on an episode of Top Chef Masters , [10] and she appeared on Martha with Martha Stewart. [11]

Activism

Hines was a founder of Seattle restaurant week and is known as a pioneer of organic and Pacific Northwest cuisine. [1] She was a notable proponent of Washington Initiative 522 which would have required labeling of genetically modified food. [12]

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References

  1. 1 2 Bethany Jean Clement (October 14, 2015), "Chef Maria Hines, pioneering organic cuisine in Seattle", The Seattle Times
  2. 1 2 "Maria Hines". Moveable Feast. Fine Cooking. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  3. 1 2 "Chef Maria Hines of Tilth - Biography". StarChefs. October 2011.
  4. 1 2 Denn, Rebekah (July 11, 2006). "On Dining: New horizons await Earth & Ocean chef". Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
  5. ↑ Bruni, Frank (February 27, 2008). "9. Tilth". The New York Times.
  6. ↑ Leson, Nancy (May 5, 2009). "Chef at Seattle's Tilth wins James Beard award". Seattle Times.
  7. 1 2 Clement, Bethany Jean (March 27, 2019). "Seattle star chef Maria Hines on the radical decision to run just one restaurant". Seattle Times.
  8. ↑ Guarente, Gabe (2020-10-22). "Trailblazing Organic Restaurant Tilth Will Close Permanently Next Week". Eater Seattle. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
  9. ↑ Kate Bergman (August 2, 2010), "Maria Hines victorious on Iron Chef America", My Wallingford (news blog)
  10. ↑ "Maria Hines". Top Chef Masters. Bravo TV. 25 June 2012. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  11. ↑ "Video: Butter Poached Spot Prawns with Couscous, Part 1". Martha Stewart. Archived from the original on 2016-02-07. Retrieved 2016-02-11.
  12. ↑ Leslie Kelly (November 13, 2013), Chef Maria Hines Likes to Stir Things Up, Zagat
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