Ricky Moore (chef)
Ricky Moore is an American chef who owns Saltbox Seafood Joint in Durham, North Carolina. He won the James Beard Foundation Award for Best Chef: Southeast in 2022
Ricky Moore | |
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| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | The Culinary Institute of America |
| Occupation | Chef |
Early life, education, and military service edit
Ricky Moore was born at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, and by the age of seven had lived in Germany, Kentucky, and Texas because of his father's military career.[1] Moore was exposed to German cooking when he lived in Europe.[2] Growing up in New Bern, he fished and crabbed,[3][4] and wanted to become an artist.[5] In high school, a home economics class helped from discover his passion for cooking.[6]
Moore graduated from New Bern High School in 1987,[2] then enlisted in the military at the age of 18. He was initially a paratrooper and later served as a cook in the United States Army.[4][7] After seven years in the army, he graduated from The Culinary Institute of America in 1994.[4][5][8]
Career edit
Following his culinary education, Moore interned and worked in commercial kitchens in Asia (Singapore), Europe, the Middle East, and North America.[4][9] Restaurants have included Charlie Trotter's, Equinox and Frontera Grill, IndeBleu, Le Tarbouche, Lespinasse, Tru (Chicago), and Vidalia. In France, Moore worked at Apicius with Jean-Pierre Vigato and Le Violin d'Ingres with Christian Constant in Paris, as well as Le Cerf with Michel Husser in Alsace. He also worked Cuisine of India with Shishir Sharma in Toronto.[2] In New York, he interned at Daniel in Manhattan and the Westchester Country Club in the Hudson Valley.[10] In North Carolina, he worked at Glasshalfull in Carrboro and was the first executive chef at Giorgio's in Cary.[11][12]
Moore has been an instructor at the Washburne Culinary Institute's Parrot Cage Restaurant and executive chef of Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants' South Water Kitchen. He was executive chef of Agraia in Washington, D.C., as of 2007. Moore competed against Michael Symon on Iron Chef America, and has been featured in the magazines Garden & Gun,[3] Our State,[1] and Travel + Leisure.[2] He is the owner of Saltbox Seafood Joint, which originally opened in Durham, North Carolina in 2012.[5] Moore published his first cookbook (Saltbox Seafood Joint Cookbook) in 2019.[13][14] According to Tina Adkins of the Sun Journal, the book has 60 recipes "celebrating his coastal culinary heritage".[2] He also filmed the documentary miniseries The Hook for the public broadcasting network PBS North Carolina.[4][9]
Moore was named a "local food champion" by the North Carolina Local Food Council in 2019.[15] In 2020, he was a James Beard Foundation Award semi-finalist in the Best Chef: Southeast category.[5] He also received $25,000 as part of the foundation's '#EatItForward' campaign for Black-owned restaurateurs.[2] Moore won the James Beard Foundation Award for Best Chef: Southeast in 2022.[16][17] Additionally, he has been named "Best Chef in the Triangle" by Indy Week.[4]
Personal life edit
Moore and his wife Norma have been married for 30 years and live in Chapel Hill, as of 2022.[2] The couple met while Moore was stationed in Hawaii, and have two children (daughter Hunter and son Greyson).[3][4][5] Moore displays a collection of filet knives from around the world in his kitchen.[4]
Publications edit
- Moore, Ricky (August 19, 2019). Saltbox Seafood Joint Cookbook. UNC Press Books. ISBN 9781469653549.
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b Lucas, Jill Warren (6 May 2014). "The Inland Seafood Shack". Our State. from the original on August 17, 2021. Retrieved July 28, 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g Adkins, Tina (March 2, 2022). "New Bern native nominated for Best Chef in 2022 James Beard award". Sun Journal. from the original on March 11, 2022. Retrieved July 28, 2022.
- ^ a b c Purvis, Kathleen (September 24, 2019). "Meet a Coastal Carolina Seafood Champion". Garden & Gun. from the original on August 14, 2021. Retrieved July 28, 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Ladner, Addie (31 July 2020). "Fish Fare: At Home With Saltbox Seafood Chef Ricky Moore". Walter Magazine. from the original on August 14, 2021. Retrieved July 28, 2022.
- ^ a b c d e Casey, Monica; Hanrahan, Kathy (June 13, 2022). "From Army cook to Best Chef in the Southeast: Saltbox Seafood's Moore shares credit for James Beard Award". WRAL-TV. from the original on June 22, 2022. Retrieved July 28, 2022.
- ^ Soult, Megan (August 25, 2018). "Durham chef delights with seafood at Taste". Carteret County News-Times. from the original on July 28, 2022. Retrieved July 28, 2022.
- ^ McCreary, David (July 14, 2020). "A Conversation with Chef Ricky Moore of Saltbox Seafood". Cary Magazine. from the original on July 28, 2022. Retrieved July 28, 2022.
- ^ Long, Samuel (February 6, 2022). "Seafood restaurant brings new cultural dishes for Black History Month". The Daily Tar Heel. from the original on March 3, 2022. Retrieved July 28, 2022.
- ^ a b Miller-Ka, Nikki (July 1, 2022). "Ricky Moore reminds the world that North Carolina, Southeast is culinary powerhouse". The Charlotte Observer. from the original on July 3, 2022. Retrieved July 28, 2022.
- ^ Martin, D.G. (June 1, 2021). "Bigger than a saltbox". SouthPark Magazine. from the original on June 15, 2021. Retrieved July 28, 2022.
- ^ Martin, D.G. (August 21, 2020). "Saltbox Seafood Joint: Surviving the Coronavirus". The Pilot. from the original on July 28, 2022. Retrieved July 28, 2022.
- ^ Dees, Matt (March 11, 2015). "Saltbox Seafood Joint: 'Hyperlocal, Dude'". Durham Magazine. from the original on March 1, 2017. Retrieved July 28, 2022 – via WRAL-TV.
- ^ Puckett, Susan (December 18, 2019). "Debut cookbook from North Carolina chef is a fresh catch". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. from the original on December 18, 2019. Retrieved July 28, 2022.
- ^ Khoury-Hanold, Layla (October 9, 2019). "Saltbox Chef Ricky Moore Makes Seafood Less Scary for Home Cooks in His New Book". Indy Week. from the original on July 28, 2021. Retrieved July 28, 2022.
- ^ "Ricky Moore". North Carolina Local Food Council. from the original on July 28, 2022. Retrieved July 28, 2022.
- ^ Kruchte, Lauren (June 30, 2022). "Food Famous". Raleigh. from the original on July 4, 2022. Retrieved July 28, 2022.
- ^ Purtell, David (June 14, 2022). "Ricky Moore of Saltbox Seafood Joint in Durham named best chef in southeast in Beard awards". Triad Business Journal. from the original on June 14, 2022. Retrieved July 28, 2022.
External links edit
| External videos | |
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| Ricky Moore, Saltbox Seafood Joint Cookbook, PBS (September 13, 2020) |
- Chef Q&A: Ricky Moore at Saltbox Seafood Joint, Discover Durham (January 13, 2017)
- The "Best Chef in the Triangle" Talks Carolina Cooking, Coastwatch (Winter 2019)
- An Evangelist for Bonefish: On the Hook with Ricky Moore, Southern Cultures, Center for the Study of the American South
- 7 N.C. Centric Summer Recipes from Chef Ricky Moore, Walter Magazine