Tamara Murphy

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Tamara Murphy
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Tamara Murphy is an American chef who owns and runs the restaurant Terra Plata in Seattle. In 1995, she won the James Beard Foundation Award for Best Chef in the Pacific Northwest and Hawaii.

Career

After working in several New York City based restaurants, Tamara Murphy moved to Seattle. She worked at the restaurant Dominique's, [1] where she was a sous chef. While working there, she competed in the Bocuse d'Or competition. After two years, she joined the restaurant Campagne as executive chef, where she was nominated for the James Beard Foundation Award for Rising Star Chef. [2]

In 1993, the oversaw the opening of Café Campagne, while continuing to work at Campagne. She won the 1995 James Beard Foundation Award for Best Chef in the Pacific Northwest and Hawaii while running those restaurants. She decided to open her own restaurant, and with the backing of the owners of Campagne, opened Brasa in 1999. [2] Brasa was initially such a success that the 170-seat restaurant was regularly full, [3] but closed after a few years due to the economic downturn. [3] [4]

She began running the Elliott Bay Café in 2008, where she served an organic and sustainable menu. [2] Following a legal battle with the developers, she opened her restaurant Terra Plata in 2012. [5]

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References

  1. Witherspoon, Kimberley; Meehan, Peter (2008). How I Learned To Cook: Culinary Educations from the World's Greatest Chefs. London: Bloomsbury. p. 221. ISBN   978-1-596919-396.
  2. 1 2 3 "Tamara Murphy of Elliott Bay Café - Biography". StarChefs. October 2010. Retrieved November 29, 2017.
  3. 1 2 Leson, Nancy; Spencer, Aaron (October 1, 2009). "Tamara Murphy to open Terra Plata: new Pike/Pine restaurant". Seattle Times. Retrieved November 29, 2017.
  4. Leson, Nancy (April 23, 2003). "Some restaurant owners battle the dining-out slump with ingenuity". Seattle Times. Retrieved November 29, 2017.
  5. "Tamara Murphy's long-awaited Terra Plata". Seattle Magazine. March 2012. Retrieved November 29, 2017.