Maria Hines
{{short description|American chef}}
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| education = Mesa College
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| prevrests = Agrodolce, Golden Beetle
| television = Top Chef Masters (season 2)
| awards = 2009 James Beard Foundation Award, Best Chef: Northwest
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Maria Hines is a Seattle restaurateur and James Beard Award-winning chef. She's also the co-author of the cook book Peak Nutrition: Smart Fuel for Outdoor Adventure.
Early life and career
Hines was raised in Bowling Green, Ohio and San Diego, California, and she earned a degree in culinary arts from Mesa College.{{citation|author=Bethany Jean Clement |newspaper=The Seattle Times|title=Chef Maria Hines, pioneering organic cuisine in Seattle|date= October 14, 2015|url=http://www.seattletimes.com/life/food-drink/for-chef-maria-hines-seattle-is-an-organic-choice/}}{{cite web |title=Maria Hines |url=https://www.finecooking.com/chef/maria-hines |website=Moveable Feast |publisher=Fine Cooking |accessdate=10 May 2019}} She worked in kitchens across the country and in Europe before becoming executive chef at Earth & Ocean in the W Hotel in Seattle.{{cite web |title=Chef Maria Hines of Tilth - Biography |url=https://www.starchefs.com/cook/chefs/bio/maria-hines |website=StarChefs |date=October 2011}}
Restaurants
In 2005, she was named one of the “Top Ten Best New Chefs in America” by Food & Wine magazine, and she decided to open her own restaurant. The restaurant was named Tilth, and it opened in Wallingford in 2006.{{cite news |last1=Denn |first1=Rebekah |title=On Dining: New horizons await Earth & Ocean chef |url=https://www.seattlepi.com/lifestyle/food/article/On-Dining-New-horizons-await-Earth-Ocean-chef-1208608.php |work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer |date=July 11, 2006}} Hines worked with Nora Pouillon and Oregon Tilth to have the restaurant certified organic. In 2008, the New York Times recognized Tilth as one of the ten best new restaurants in the country.{{cite news |last1=Bruni |first1=Frank |title=9. Tilth |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/27/dining/27nine.html |work=The New York Times |date=February 27, 2008}} In 2009, Hines won the James Beard Award for Best Chef: Northwest.{{cite news |last1=Leson |first1=Nancy |title=Chef at Seattle's Tilth wins James Beard award |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/life/food-drink/chef-at-seattles-tilth-wins-james-beard-award/ |work=Seattle Times |date=May 5, 2009}}
Hines opened two more restaurants: the Golden Beetle in 2011, and Agrodolce in 2012, both certified organic. The Golden Beetle was not financially successful and closed in 2016.{{cite news |last1=Clement |first1=Bethany Jean |title=Seattle star chef Maria Hines on the radical decision to run just one restaurant |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/life/food-drink/seattle-star-chef-maria-hines-on-the-radical-decision-to-run-just-one-restaurant/ |work=Seattle Times |date=March 27, 2019}} In March 2019, Hines announced that she would sell Agrodolce to her executive chef, focusing her efforts on Tilth and on writing a cookbook and developing retail products.
Tilth closed in October 2020 due to the COVID pandemic.{{Cite web |last=Guarente |first=Gabe |date=2020-10-22 |title=Trailblazing Organic Restaurant Tilth Will Close Permanently Next Week |url=https://seattle.eater.com/2020/10/22/21528086/tilth-seattle-organic-restaurant-closing-permanently |access-date=2022-08-31 |website=Eater Seattle |language=en}}
Television
In 2010, Hines won an episode of Iron Chef America, defeating Masaharu Morimoto in a battle of Pacific cod{{citation|title=Maria Hines victorious on Iron Chef America|author=Kate Bergman|date=August 2, 2010|work=My Wallingford |type=news blog|url=http://www.mywallingford.com/2010/08/02/maria-hines-victorious-on-iron-chef-america/}} She also competed on an episode of Top Chef Masters,{{cite web |title=Maria Hines |url=http://www.bravotv.com/people/maria-hines |website=Top Chef Masters |date=25 June 2012 |publisher=Bravo TV |accessdate=10 May 2019}} and she appeared on Martha with Martha Stewart.{{cite web |url=http://www.marthastewart.com/997658/butter-poached-spot-prawns-couscous-part-1 |title=Video: Butter Poached Spot Prawns with Couscous, Part 1 |publisher=Martha Stewart |date= |accessdate=2016-02-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160207104808/http://www.marthastewart.com/997658/butter-poached-spot-prawns-couscous-part-1 |archive-date=2016-02-07 |url-status=dead }}
Activism
Hines was a founder of Seattle restaurant week and is known as a pioneer of organic and Pacific Northwest cuisine. She was a notable proponent of Washington Initiative 522 which would have required labeling of genetically modified food.{{citation|title=Chef Maria Hines Likes to Stir Things Up|author=Leslie Kelly | date=November 13, 2013|publisher=Zagat|url=https://www.zagat.com/b/seattle/chef-maria-hines-likes-to-stir-things-up}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://chefmariahines.com/}}
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