Stewart Woodman (born 1969 in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania) is an American chef. His flagship restaurant, Heidi's, was ranked the best restaurant in Minneapolis. His cooking style is Modern American and French Technique. He was educated at Southern Alberta Institute of Technology in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Stewart Woodman | |
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| Born | 1969 (age 54–55) |
| Education | Southern Alberta Institute of Technology |
| Spouse | Heidi Woodman |
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| Cooking style | Modern contemporary Midwestern |
Current restaurant(s)
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Previous restaurant(s)
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Award(s) won
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He was born in The United States of America and was raised in Montreal, Quebec. At the age of 20 he moved to Banff, Alberta, where he worked for three and a half years at Banff Springs Hotel as an apprentice cook. Woodman next worked as a sous chef at the 40-year-old William Tell Restaurant in Vancouver, British Columbia.
In 1994, Woodman moved back to the United States and was hired as a line cook for Michael Romano at Union Square Café. One year later he went to work at Lespinasse, located in the St. Regis Hotel to cook under Gray Kunz. He stayed for one and a half years before moving to Le Bernardin in 1997 to work under Eric Ripert, where he stayed two and a half years, working as a sous chef for most of that time. In 1999 he began working for Alain Ducasse, in Paris, Monaco, and finally as the opening sous chef at ADNY-Alain Ducasse at the Essex House. He then moved to a sous chef position at the Jean-Georges Vongerichten restaurant in the Trump Tower. He moved to Minneapolis in 2002, and opened Levain, followed by Five Restaurant & Street Lounge where he won the title of Best New Chef from Food & Wine Magazine.[1] In 2007 he opened Heidi's Minneapolis with his wife, business partner, and pastry chef Heidi Woodman. Heidi's closed in 2013.[6]
Shortly after opening Heidi's based on a comment in a review he launched a food based blog called Shefzilla: A Food Blog. In 2010 he published Shefzilla: Conquering Haute Cuisine At Home.
Artist in residence
editWoodman was an artist in residence at the Minneapolis Sabes Jewish Community Center in 2011.[7]
Bibliography
edit- Shefzilla: Conquering Haute Cuisine at Home (2010) ISBN 978-0-87351-809-3
References
edit- ^ a b Best New Chefs 2006 - Stewart Woodman, Food & Wine, retrieved 2010-10-14
- ^ Rick Nelson (December 31, 2007), 2007 Restaurants of the year: A brave new world, Star Tribune, retrieved 2010-10-14
- ^ Best Restaurant (Minneapolis) - 2009: Heidi's, CityPages, retrieved 2010-10-14
- ^ 2009 James Beard Foundation Awards—Restaurant and Chef Award Semifinalists (PDF), James Beard Foundation, archived from the original (PDF) on March 16, 2012, retrieved 2010-10-14
- ^ "Awards Watch: The 2012 Restaurant and Chef Awards Semifinalists", JBF official blog, James Beard Foundation, February 21, 2012, retrieved 2014-01-03
- ^ Heidi's Minneapolis restaurant closes its doors, Minneapolis StarTribune, retrieved 2019-09-09
- ^ JCC Maccabi ArtsFest Minneapolis Artists in Residence, Sabes Jewish Community Center (Minneapolis), archived from the original on 2011-07-27