Chef
Kurt Chausse
Aunt Maude’s Restaurant, Ames, Iowa
Chef
Kurt Chausse of Aunt Maude’s Restaurant
lists Julia Child as one of his main influences. As a
kid, he would huddle around the TV with his grandmother
to watch Child’s legendary cooking show. But he
was not initiated into the kitchen world until the age
of thirteen when he took a dishwashing job in Blackstone,
Massachusetts. Encouraged by the restaurant’s cook,
Chausse soon graduated from the sink to the stove. By
the time he was in his early twenties, he had worked in
several restaurants through out Massachusetts and New
Hampshire. After attending culinary school at Des Moines
Area Community College, Chausse finally landed in Ames,
Iowa where he is now corporate chef for three restaurants:
Aunt Maude’s, O’Malley & McGee’s,
and The Cafe.
Chausse
prefers locally grown ingredients-- not only for the sake
of freshness and taste, but for the sake of not supporting
large agriculture corporations. As Chausse puts it, he
is doing his part to, “keep corporations from taking
over the world.
Chef
Recipes
Grilled
Eden Natural Pork Chop with Parsnip Mash
Forestiere
Sauce
Heirloom
Tomatoes Panganella Salad
Other
Related Article Links:
Naturally
Raised Pork Creates New Beginnings
for Iowa Farmers - The Eden Natural Cooperative
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