Anne Kearney

Infobox Chef
name = Anne Kearney
born =
style = American interpretation of Provencal Bistro fare
education = Greater Cincinnati Culinary Arts Academy
restaurants = Peristyle - New Orleans
"(Sold in 2004)"
Rue Dumaine - Dayton
"(Opening late 2007)"

Anne Kearney is an American chef and restaurateur.

Chef Kearney describes her cooking with the motto: "Food of Love". With an impressive background at Bistro at the Maison de Ville and as line cook at Emeril Lagasse's Emeril's, Kearney was honored in 2002 with a James Beard Foundation award as "Southeast Regional Best Chef." Kearney's food is an American interpretation of Provençal Bistro fare.

Biography

Kearney earned her toque at the Greater Cincinnati Culinary Arts Academy. Exactly one Mardi Gras celebration later, she left her home state of Ohio for New Orleans, where she was a fixture on the culinary scene ever since. In New Orleans, she worked at a number of restaurants, then settled in at Bistro at the Maison de Ville hotel under John Neal; in 1991, she followed Neal to Peristyle.

Kearney credits her stint as sous-chef there for the development of her classic French cooking techniques. The flair for the flavors of New Orleans evolved during her three years with Emeril Lagasse, where she got to do a bit of everything from cooking on the line and developing cookbook recipes to researching and writing Emeril’s TV show scripts. By the time Kearney returned to Peristyle as its chef and proprietor, shortly after Neal died, she had clearly taken it up a notch. [cite web | title = The James Beard Foundation | url = http://www.jamesbeard.org/events/2003/08/002.shtml | accessdate = 2007-02-13 ]

In 2004, Kearney sold Peristyle and moved back to Ohio. She and her husband Tom Sand worked on on Two Small Tomatoes, an all-natural organic garden.

On November 27, 2007, Kearney and Sand opened Rue Dumaine in Centerville, Ohio. [cite web |title=New Wash. Twp. restaurant hires away Fleming’s wine director |url=http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/wine/entries/2007/11/20/wash_twp_restau.html |author=Mark Fisher] "Rue Dumaine" was the street on which Peristyle was located.

Awards

*2002: American Express Best Chef: Southeast
*1998: "Food & Wine" pictured Kearney on the cover of its "10 Best New Chefs in America" issue
*1998: "Gourmet" included Peristyle among its Top Food in New Orleans selections
*1997: Nominee for Gallo of Sonoma Rising Star Chef Award

References