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