VOTE for Chef Thorne-Thompsen in The People's Best New Chef Competition

Chef Thorne-Thomsen is nominated for FOOD & WINE magazine's The People's Best New Chef. 

Winner gets a feature in FOOD & WINE.
Voting ends March 18.
Voting link here: www.foodandwine.com/peoples-best-new-chef/midwest

Carl is also a James Beard semifinalist for Best Chef Midwest.
Finalists will be announced March 18th.

EXCERPT from www.foodandwine.com/peoples-best-new-chef/midwest

Photo © Matt Kocourek


Carl Thorne-Thomsen

RESTAURANT Story
(Read a review)

LOCATION Prairie Village, KS

WHY HE’S AMAZING Because he’s turning out incredible European-inspired dishes in a shopping center in suburban Kansas.

CULINARY SCHOOL Self-taught

BACKGROUND 40 Sardines (Overland Park, KS); Michael Smith Restaurant, Extra Virgin (Kansas City, MO)

QUINTESSENTIAL DISH Lamb crepinette (lamb-tenderloin-and-sausage roulade) with cauliflower couscous

FORMER CAREER Writer: “Short stories, novels, plays, lots of fiction.”

HOW HE GOT INTO THE FOOD INDUSTRY  “There wasn’t any kind of light switch. I gradually became interested in food. My first job was in a gourmet food store/café/coffee bar and we did lunches. I was introduced to that shop because I bought ingredients there. I had a dream of opening [my own] simple little restaurant, and the dream never went away.”

SECRET INDULGENCE
“Kettle Chips. The plain one in the brown wrapper.”

STORY - a KCFC Featured Restaurant
found on the KC Food Circle's Dining Card
http://www.kcfoodcircle.org/restaurants/diners-card/  

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 March is National Nutrition Month. 
Wanna do something local about it? 

Attend KC Food Circle's 15th Annual Exhibition of Farmers, our EAT LOCAL & ORGANIC! Expos kick off the local+LOCAL Organic and Free-Range growing/EATING season on SATURDAY March 30th at Shawnee (KS) Civic Center.

ROUND TWO is SATURDAY April 6th at the MCC Penn Valley Gymnasium (KCMO).  Check out our EXPO PAGE for maps and details...
www.kcfoodcircle.org/food-news/events/eat-local-expo/