Jennifer Jasinski
{{Short description|American chef and restaurateur}}
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- Rioja
- Bistro Vendome
- Euclid Hall Bar and Kitchen
- Stoic & Genuine
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- Panzano
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- James Beard Foundation Award for Best Southwest Chef 2013
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Jennifer Jasinski is an American chef and restaurateur who has owned and operated several restaurants in Denver, Colorado. She won the James Beard Foundation Award for Best Southwest Chef in 2013.
Early life and education
Jennifer Jasinski was born and raised in Santa Barbara, California.{{cite web |date=21 May 2013 |title=Jennifer Jasinski |url=http://www.bravotv.com/people/jennifer-jasinski |accessdate=November 24, 2017 |publisher=Bravo}} She and her two siblings took turns cooking dinner while their mother was a single parent.{{Cite web |title=Jennifer Jasinski {{!}} Rioja |url=https://www.riojadenver.com/2020/08/26/jen/ |access-date=2024-08-07 |language=en-US}} Jasinski played clarinet, oboe, and flute, but a high school class in culinary arts attracted her to working as a chef.
Jasinski attended culinary classes at Santa Barbara City College and then at The Culinary Institute of America at Hyde Park, graduating in 1989.{{Cite web |last=Koller |first=Mike |date=2019-06-11 |title=Chef Jennifer Jasinski ’89, Rocky Mountain Restaurateur |url=https://blog.ciachef.edu/cia-chef-jennifer-jasinski-rocky-mountain-restaurateur/ |access-date=2024-08-07 |website=Culinary Institute of America |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2021-07-20 |title=Jennifer Jasinski to be inducted into MenuMasters Hall of Fame |url=https://www.nrn.com/people/jennifer-jasinski-be-inducted-menumasters-hall-fame |access-date=2024-08-07 |website=Nation's Restaurant News |language=en}}
Career
She worked first in kitchens in New York City, including at the Rainbow Room, before moving to Los Angeles, California, where she worked under Wolfgang Puck. In 2000, she moved to Denver, Colorado, where she became head chef at the Panzano restaurant within Hotel Monaco. She stayed for five years, until together with Beth Gruitch, she opened her own restaurant, Rioja, within the same city.{{cite news|last1=Husted|first1=Bill|title=Jennifer Jasinski and Max Mackissock cook together but at different restaurants|url=http://www.denverpost.com/2011/04/06/jennifer-jasinski-and-max-mackissock-cook-together-but-at-different-restaurants/|accessdate=November 24, 2017|work=Denver Post|date=April 6, 2011}}
She opened several other restaurants in Denver including Euclid Hall, Bistro Vendome and Stoic & Genuine. A further location opened in late 2017 at Denver Union Station, entitled Ultreia, which was based on the Iberian {{lang|eu|pintxos}} style of dining.{{cite news|last1=O'Connor|first1=Colleen|title=James Beard award-winning chef opening restaurant at Union Station|url=http://www.denverpost.com/2016/08/01/ultreia-union-station-opening-2017/|accessdate=November 24, 2017|date=August 1, 2016}} The new restaurant was located near to the existing Stoic & Genuine, which serves a seafood based menu.{{cite news|last1=Zeppelin|first1=Andra|title=Chef Jennifer Jasinski Will Open S&G Fish, a Seafood-Centric Restaurant, in Union Station|url=https://denver.eater.com/2013/11/8/6380579/chef-jennifer-jasinski-will-open-s-g-fish-a-seafood-centric|newspaper=Eater Denver|accessdate=November 24, 2017|date=November 8, 2013}}
In 2010 Jasinski published The Perfect Bite. In 2013 she participated in the fifth season of Top Chef Masters, reaching the finals.{{Cite web |last=Midson |first=Lori |title=Chef Jennifer Jasinski weighs in on her battle to win Top Chef Masters |url=https://www.westword.com/restaurants/chef-jennifer-jasinski-weighs-in-on-her-battle-to-win-top-chef-masters-5727024 |access-date=2024-08-07 |website=Westword |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Sweeney |first=Daniel |date=2014-01-21 |title=Colorado’s Top Chef |url=https://www.cowboysindians.com/2014/01/jennifer-jasinski-colorados-top-chef/ |access-date=2024-08-07 |website=Cowboys and Indians Magazine |language=en-US}}
In 2024 Jasinski and Gruitch closed Stoic & Genuine and stepped back from day-to-day operations of Ultreia and Bistro Vendôme.{{Cite web |last=Thorn |first=Bret |date=2024-08-05 |title=Jennifer Jasinski and Beth Gruitch hand management of two restaurants to a new generation |url=https://www.nrn.com/news/jennifer-jasinski-and-beth-gruitch-hand-management-two-restaurants-new-generation |access-date=2024-08-07 |website=Nation's Restaurant News |language=en}}
Recognition
Jasinski won the James Beard Foundation Award for Best Southwest Chef in 2013. In 2021 she was inducted into Nation's Restaurant News
Personal life
References
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External links
- {{official website|http://www.jenniferjasinski.com/}}
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Category:People from Santa Barbara, California
Category:American television chefs
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:James Beard Foundation Award winners
Category:21st-century American women