| About the Chefs |
| Mary Arthur |
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Mary Arthur is 4th generation Alaskan who came to Virginia in 1999 to work as a baker at the Inn at Little Washington. She has been the Culinary Arts instructor at the local high school since 2001 and has transformed the program from a home ec-style curriculum to a program preparing high-end food for various county-wide charitable events. She has also taught several adult classes through the county adult education program, the Rappahannock Garden Club and privately. Prior to moving to Virginia she served as the chef to the Governor of Alaska from 1996 to 1999.† She graduated with high honors from the Culinary Institute of America in 1996. |
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Chef Arthur is a well-rounded culinarian whose specialties include seafood, charcueterie, ethnic cuisines, Pacific Rim cuisines, wedding and specialty cakes, pastries & artisan breads. |
| Tom Woteki |
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Tom is a self-taught home cook with over 25 years experience in the kitchen honing his skills and educating his palate. Tom began his culinary education with James Beard's American Cookery and Marcella Hazan's classics of Italian cuisine. Since then he has expanded his culinary repertoire to include Spain and the Southwest and Northwest regions of the USA. Tom's other favorite chef inspirations include Jacques Pepin, Alice Waters, Mark Miller and Penelope Casas. He has traveled the world sampling the native dishes of western and eastern Europe, Latin America and the Orient in addition to savoring the bounty of regional American cooking.
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Tom is an avid wine collector and maintains a well stocked cellar. His palate favors the wines of America (California cabernets and Oregon pinot noirs), Italy (Brunellos and Piemontese wines) and Spain (Rioja and Ribera del Duero).
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Tom's approach to cooking emphasizes locally grown, fresh, seasonal ingredients. Tom does most of his food shopping at local farmer markets where he tries to cultivate relationships with the growers. Tom's approach to life emphasizes sharing the joys of the table, both food and wine, with family and friends.
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