Tom Douglas (chef)
Tom Douglas (born August 2, 1958) is an American executive chef, restaurateur, author, and radio talk show host, and winner of the 1994 James Beard Award for Best Northwest Chef. In 2012 he also won the James Beard Award as Best Restaurateur. He is the author of Tom Douglas' Seattle Kitchen, which was named the Best American Cookbook by the James Beard Foundation and KitchenAid, in 2001. In 2005, he appeared on an episode of the Food Network's Iron Chef America, in which he defeated Chef Masaharu Morimoto. Early life, family Tom Douglas was born on August 2, 1958, in Wilmington, Delaware. After relocating to Seattle, he started working in a variety of jobs from general construction to serving as a railroad car mechanic. , Douglas lives in the Ballard neighborhood as well as Prosser, Washington, with his wife and business partner, Jackie Cross, and their daughter. Their farm in Prosser provides a variety of produce for use in his restaurants. Restaurant career Douglas's first restaurant job was working at the Hotel duPont, where he served as an assistant to the hotel's cook. In 1984, following working in a series of general labor jobs, Douglas began working at a Seattle