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Career Highlights
Awards & Recognition
★2019 James Beard Award for Outstanding Chef (national level)
★2014 James Beard Award for Best Chef: Southeast
★2016 James Beard Award finalist for Best New Restaurant (Death & Taxes)
★Food & Wine Best New Restaurants 2016 (Death & Taxes)
★Eater Chef of the Year 2017
★Named one of Time magazine's 31 People Who Are Changing the South (2018)
Notable Facts
→Two-time James Beard Award winner including the prestigious Outstanding Chef national award in 2019
→Owner and chef of AC Restaurants group operating multiple acclaimed restaurants in Raleigh including Poole's Diner, Death & Taxes, and Beasley's Chicken + Honey
→Author of two published cookbooks including 'Poole's: Recipes and Stories from a Modern Diner' (2016)
→Active in community service serving on boards of multiple local organizations including Dix Park Conservancy and Shepherd's Table Soup Kitchen
→Founded the biannual Stir the Pot event to raise funds for Southern Foodways Alliance documentary initiatives
→Has 51,000+ Instagram followers and maintains strong social media presence
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