Formerly owner and executive chef of the acclaimed Ryland Inn in Whitehouse, Craig Shelton launched Chef's Coffee Company in 2007 to sell premium coffees, biscotti and other culinary products of his creation. (The Ryland closed that year after suffering extensive damage in a water-main break.) Shelton in 1998 was one of 22 chefs in America to be honored with the status of Relais Gourmands by the Relais & Chateaux organization. In 2000, he was named “Best Chef-Mid Atlantic” by the James Beard Foundation.
A master chef was telling his protege about a revelatory moment in his own training, back in the 1970's, when he was granted an entry-level position with the great Swiss chef Fredy Girardet...
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