Mary Dumont
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Mary Dumont is an American chef based in Boston, Massachusetts.
Biography
Dumont has made appearances on The Today Show and Iron Chef America (competing against Cat Cora){{cite web |title=Cora vs. Dumont |url=https://www.foodnetwork.com/shows/iron-chef-america/episodes/cora-vs-dumont |website=Iron Chef America |publisher=Food Network |access-date=16 March 2022}} and is the former chef of Harvest in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where she is known for creating innovative dishes.{{ cite news |author=Grossman, Eric |title=Harvesting Answers From Mary Dumont |url=http://www.zagat.com/Blog/Detail.aspx?SNP=NB&SCID=34&BLGID=21425 |work=Zagat.com |date=June 12, 2009 }}{{ cite web|title=Chef Mary Dumont |url=http://www.harvestcambridge.com/chefMD |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081011165955/http://www.harvestcambridge.com/chefMD |archivedate=2008-10-11 }}
Before joining the kitchen at Harvest, Dumont was the founder and executive chef of The Dunaway Restaurant at Strawbery Banke in Portsmouth, New Hampshire and was named Best New Chef by Food & Wine magazine in 2006 while there.{{cite web |title=Mary Dumont |url=https://www.foodandwine.com/author/mary-dumont |website=Food & Wine |access-date=27 October 2022}}
In September 2021, along with Pat McAuley opened PlantPub in Cambridge, Massachusetts where the motto is “Eat. plants. Drink. Beer.” (McAuley is a craft beer entrepreneur) Fenway Park. Dumont opened Cultivar in 2017.
Early life
Born in Lowell, Massachusetts, she grew up in Hampton Falls, New Hampshire in the historic Governor Weare home.{{cite web |title=Chef Mary Dumont |url=https://www.bostonchefs.com/restaurant/plantpub-fenway/chef/mary-dumont/ |website=BostonChefs.com |access-date=27 October 2022}} Dumont's training included working in the kitchens of Tracy Des Jardins of Jardinière, Laurent Manrique of Campton Place and Daniel Patterson of Elizabeth Daniel, all in San Francisco.
Personal life
Dumont is openly lesbian,{{cite web |last1=Patterson |first1=Denny |title="Hell's Kitchen" Extraordinaire: Nicholas Peters Bond |url=https://www.outfrontmagazine.com/hells-kitchen-extraordinaire-nicholas-peters-bond/ |website=Out Front Magazine |date=4 November 2021 |access-date=16 March 2022}} and has 4 step daughters with her wife, Emily French-Dumont.{{cite web |last1=Dumont |first1=Mary |title=I'm some kind of lucky duck to be your wife. |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CY9tzIOuD3P/ |website=Instagram |access-date=16 March 2022}}{{cite web |last1=French-Dumont |first1=Emily |title=Emily French-Dumont (@frenchdumont) • Instagram |url=https://www.instagram.com/frenchdumont/ |website=Instagram |access-date=16 March 2022}} Dumont graduated from Simmons College.
References
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External links
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