Barton Seaver
Barton Seaver, the founder and chief education officer of the Coastal Culinary Academy in Portland will be the guest presenter at Skidompha Library’s Chats with Champions program on Tuesday, Aug. 7 at 10 a.m. Please allow time for parking.
Seaver’s work as a celebrated chef, sustainability advocate, public health educator, and prolific writer has given him technical expertise of all of the processes by which fish becomes seafood on a plate. Seaver’s talk is part of Skidompha’s summer-long theme of food writing and art.
Seaver began his career as an executive chef in Washington, DC where he was recognized with three Rising Culinary Star of the Year awards and two Best New Restaurant awards, and the 2009 Esquire magazine Chef of the Year designation. His restaurant, Hook, was named by Bon Appetit magazine as one of the top ten eco-friendly restaurants in the U.S., serving nearly 100 unique species of seafood in its first year.
Since coming out from behind the stove to focus on sustainable seafood advocacy in 2010, Seaver has served as a National Geographic fellow, a fellow at the New England Aquarium, a member of the American Chef Corps, and the director of the sustainable seafood and health initiative at the Center for Health and the Global Environment at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
Seaver is an internationally recognized speaker on the topic of seafood and the author of seven books. His most recent book, “American Seafood: Heritage, Culture & Cookery from Sea to Shining Sea,” is an essential guide to more than 500 species, as well as a history of one of the country’s most iconic industries.
He lives in coastal Maine, a stone’s throw away from a working waterfront, with his wife, son and their 10 heritage chickens.
Chats with Champions is a free community offering. For more information, call 563-5513 or go to skidompha.org.
