Behind the Line
Topic: State of the Industry/Trends
- Nate Hamilton
- Chef de Cuisine
- Harvest
- Madison, WI
We've been open for 12 years and have been sustainably focused ever since. So I think in that sense, it's just something we've always done, so we haven't been influenced by a "trend." To exaggerate...
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- Nate Hamilton
- Chef de Cuisine
- Harvest
- Madison, WI
Yes and no. If not everyone is using farm fresh food, I'd rather my guests know that I'm one who does. So in that sense, I'll fly the farm-to-table banner as high as it'll go.
Now if we could g...
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- Nate Hamilton
- Chef de Cuisine
- Harvest
- Madison, WI
Entertaining. No, Grandma, I don't swear at my cooks like that, and don't know many who do. No, Mom, I don't snort coke off the line during service or screw around with the waitstaff in the dry sto...
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- Nate Hamilton
- Chef de Cuisine
- Harvest
- Madison, WI
I forget where I read this, so I'm gonna paraphrase with my apologies to the original author. But if the Food Network is getting people interested in food, and keeping them interested, how is that ...
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- Nate Hamilton
- Chef de Cuisine
- Harvest
- Madison, WI
People talk so much smack about Gordon Ramsay. Maybe he "sold out," but you know what, I'd do the same thing. He's an amazing cook and his antics on Hell's Kitchen shouldn't take away from that.
- Nate Hamilton
- Chef de Cuisine
- Harvest
- Madison, WI
Love it. It allows us to showcase what we're doing that day, to show people what we got at the market this morning, to snap a shot of a special and put it up on Facebook. Overall it helps us get pe...
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- Nate Hamilton
- Chef de Cuisine
- Harvest
- Madison, WI
Eh. It's hard to control what goes on there. And it's impossible to argue back. If I were to catch on to a negative review and attempt to respond, that's a PR disaster. No thanks.
I certainly app...
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- Nate Hamilton
- Chef de Cuisine
- Harvest
- Madison, WI
Eggbeater, David Lebovitz, Serious Eats, Smitten Kitchen, Delicious Days...tons of them.
- Nate Hamilton
- Chef de Cuisine
- Harvest
- Madison, WI
Small plates menus encouraging family style dining. Keeping prices relatively low while maintaining the quality level.
- Nate Hamilton
- Chef de Cuisine
- Harvest
- Madison, WI
Doing casual dining with a better knowledge of technique than a lot of casual dining places, at the same price point. You can be a James Beard winning chef, but you still can knock out a good batch...
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