Parker Bosley
{{Short description|American chef}}
Parker Bosley (born 1938) is an American chef and local food advocate.
Early life
Bosley grew up on a Trumbull County dairy farm.{{Cite web |last=Wagoner |first=Rachel |date=2020-02-27 |title=Cleveland butcher and grocer puts focus on local |url=https://www.farmanddairy.com/news/cleveland-butcher-and-grocer-puts-focus-on-local/601403.html |access-date=2023-12-27 |website=Farm and Dairy |language=en-US}}
Career
He ran the eponymous restaurant Parker's New American Bistro in Ohio City, recognized twice by Gourmet magazine as one of America's 50 best restaurants.{{Cite web |last=Beth Segal |first=Special to cleveland com |date=2022-02-11 |title=At 83, legendary Cleveland chef Parker Bosley still preaching the gospel of fresh food, eating local -- and living well |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/02/at-82-legendary-cleveland-chef-parker-bosley-still-preaching-the-gospel-of-fresh-food-eating-local-and-living-well.html |access-date=2023-12-27 |website=cleveland |language=en}}
Bosley was a local food pioneer in the 1980s before its popularity increased.{{Cite web |last=Joe Crea |first=cleveland com |date=2010-02-02 |title=Local-food advocates pay tribute to Parker Bosley |url=https://www.cleveland.com/taste/2010/02/post_40.html |access-date=2023-12-27 |website=cleveland |language=en}}{{Cite book |last=Ruhlman |first=Michael |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IUrMTywPNDUC&dq=Parker+Bosley+chef&pg=PA340 |title=Ruhlman's Twenty: 20 Techniques, 200 Recipes, A Cook's Manifesto |date=2011-09-14 |publisher=Chronicle Books |isbn=978-0-8118-7643-8 |language=en}}{{Cite book |last=Turback |first=Michael |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cBHOoJMLBx4C&dq=Parker+Bosley+chef&pg=PA76 |title=Greetings from the Finger Lakes: A Food and Wine Lover's Companion |date=2011-02-09 |publisher=Clarkson Potter/Ten Speed |isbn=978-0-307-76223-8 |language=en}}