FSR August 2023

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This year's James Beard ‘Outstanding Chef’ Award winner Rob Rubba is championing a hyper seasonal and sustainable approach at Oyster

Oyster, his Washington, DC-based restaurant. Rethinking our Food System BY CALLIE EVERGREEN The fine dining world has arrived at a turning AFTER TAKING A SUMMER JOB with his uncle and falling in love with the culinary world, Rob Rubba began chasing the best restaurants and traveled around the country. He worked for Gordon Ramsay at The London in New York to Michelin-starred restaurants in Las point, and Chef Rob Rubba is leading the charge for change.

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Vegas, Chicago, Philadelphia, and back to New York. He then opened a restau rant called Hazel in Washington, DC which was globally inspired and meat heavy. “And I started to think about what my impact as a chef was,” Rubba told listeners on a recent episode of

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