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Biography of Ben and Karen Barker
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| Ben and Karen Barker's culinary skills have been praised by food critics in such publications as The New York Times, The Washington Post, Food & Wine, Bon Appetit, Esquire, Restaurant News, Southern Living, and others. |
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Detailed Biography of Ben and Karen Barker
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Feature stories and their recipes have appeared in Bon Appétit, Food & Wine, Chocolatier, Southern Living, Ladies Home Journal and Traditional Home magazines.
Ben and Karen met on the first day of class as students at The Culinary Institute of America and have been cooking together ever since. They each have an Associate Degree from the CIA (class of 1981) and now live in Chapel Hill, North Carolina with their son, Gabriel.
Ben is a North Carolinian and has been chef of Restaurant La Residence (a French restaurant founded by Bill Neal) in Chapel Hill; head chef, The Fearrington House, Pittsboro, North Carolina, where he succeeded Edna Lewis. While there, Ben established "The Cuisine of the New South" as the theme of the restaurant. He also instituted the first all-American wine list in North Carolina and was instrumental in securing the "Relais et Chateau" designation for the Inn at Fearrington. With his wife, Karen, North Carolina.
Karen, a native of Brooklyn, New York, has been pastry chef at Restaurant La Residence and The Fearrington House; she is the award-winning pastry chef and co-owner of Magnolia Grill. Karen describes her baking as "down home American with a twist."
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