FSR December 2022

Chefs& Ingredients

CULINARY INSPIRATION AND STORIES FROM INDUSTRY TRAILBLAZERS MENTIONED IN THIS SECTION SEABIRD • • • BOB’S PIZZA • • •

AGI’S COUNTER • •

• TAP 65

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SEABIRD’S SEASONAL SEAFOOD TOWER INCLUDES PICKLED SHRIMP, LOBSTER CLAW SALAD, SMOKED CATFISH PATÉ, AND MORE.

MALLORY CASH

WHEN CHEF DEAN NEFF was named a semifinalist for the James Beard Award for Best Chef: Southeast in 2019, he was technically without a restaurant. The nomination came just weeks after he left Pinpoint Restaurant, the seasonally driven Southern kitchen Neff started when he and his wife and business partner, chef Lydia Clopton, moved to Wilmington, North Carolina, in 2015. Shortlisted for one of the industry’s most presti gious awards and yet between concepts, Neff began looking for a space that would

BY RACHEL PITTMAN With Seabird, chef Dean Neff returns to his coastal roots.

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