Rob Rubba

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Rob Rubba
NationalityAmerican
OccupationChef

Rob Rubba is an American chef.

Rubba grew up in New Jersey and his first chef job was in the pastry department of the Mohegan Sun resort and casino in Connecticut. He worked for Todd English in Connecticut, for Gordon Ramsay in New York City, and for Charlie Trotter and Guy Savoy in Las Vegas, before opening his own restaurant, Hazel, in Washington, D.C. in 2016. [1] [2] [3]

Hazel was recognized as the Restaurant Association Metropolitan Washington’s New Restaurant of the Year in 2017, and it was named to the Michelin Guide's Bib Gourmand list for 2018. Rubba left Hazel in June 2018 after he gave up eating meat. [3] [4] [5]

In 2020, Rubba opened a new restaurant in Washington called Oyster Oyster, with a menu featuring sustainable ingredients, including oyster mushrooms and true oysters, the only animal on the menu. [6] Oyster Oyster was named one of the best new restaurants in America by Esquire . [7] In 2022, the restaurant was awarded a Michelin star. [8]

Rubba was named 2022 Chef of the Year by the Restaurant Association Metropolitan Washington. [9] Later that year, he was recognized by Food & Wine as one of the country's Best New Chefs. [10] In 2023, he won the James Beard Award for Outstanding Chef. [11] [12]

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  2. ↑ Hayes, Laura (27 June 2016). "Frying Solo: A Conversation with Rob Rubba of Hazel". WJLA.
  3. 1 2 Baker, Abbe (17 October 2017). "Behind the Bib: Hazel in Washington, D.C." MICHELIN Guide.
  4. ↑ Rojas, Warren (7 June 2018). "Hazel Founder Rob Rubba Is Leaving the Award-Winning Shaw Restaurant on June 10". Eater DC. Archived from the original on 26 May 2023. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  5. ↑ Sidman, Jessica (8 January 2019). "Oyster Oyster Will Bring "Vegetable Cookery" to Shaw By Summer - Washingtonian". Washingtonian. Archived from the original on 26 March 2023. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  6. ↑ Sietsema, Tom (13 September 2021). "Review | Oyster Oyster, meatless and marvelous, has become one of D.C.'s best restaurants". Washington Post. Archived from the original on 31 March 2023. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  7. ↑ "Esquire's Best New Restaurants in America, 2021". Esquire. 18 November 2021. Archived from the original on 9 June 2023. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  8. ↑ Monaco, Emily (6 May 2022). "DC Diners, Meet Your Four New Michelin-Starred Restaurants". InsideHook. Archived from the original on 8 March 2023. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  9. ↑ Sidman, Jessica (25 July 2022). "Here Are the Restaurant and Bar Industry Winners for DC's 2022 RAMMY Awards - Washingtonian". Washingtonian. Archived from the original on 29 January 2023. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  10. ↑ Shah, Khushbu (12 September 2022). "Food & Wine Best New Chefs 2022: Rob Rubba". Food & Wine. Archived from the original on 12 May 2023. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  11. ↑ Heil, Emily (6 June 2023). "D.C. chef Rob Rubba of plant-based Oyster Oyster nabs top Beard award". Washington Post.
  12. ↑ Moskin, Julia (2023-06-06). "The Full List of the 2023 James Beard Chef and Restaurant Award Winners". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331. Archived from the original on 2023-06-06. Retrieved 2023-06-06.
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