The Wall Street Journal – The Rise of the Guest Chef
IN EARLY JULY, Blaine Wetzel flew halfway around the world to cook for a night in another chef’s kitchen. He traveled from the Willows Inn, his acclaimed locavore restaurant on a remote island north of Seattle, to the two-Michelin-starred Mirazur on the French...
Eater – How High-Profile Food Events Impact Lesser-Known Chefs
Why Gelinaz!’s 2015 “chef shuffle” might represent a shift in its philosophy — from chef performance art to a more collaborative model of inquiry. When Claude Bosi arrived in San Francisco earlier this month, he headed directly to Dominique Crenn’s...
The Robot Must Eat – Remarkable Dinner at the Willows Inn (Lummi Island, WA)
Since reading about Blaine Wetzel at The Willows Inn a few years ago (a good article, from earlier in its existence before he’d won the James Beard award), I’ve always wanted to eat there, but getting to a restaurant on a small island a three hour drive and ferry ride...
The Seattle Times – As chefs swap, a culinary star lands on Lummi
At the renowned Willows Inn on Lummi Island, 32 lucky people wait to find out who’s making their dinner. They’re lucky not only to have the $175 for the ticket, but to get a ticket at all: The seats sold out online almost instantly. After months of anticipation, the...