Episode 330. Jamie Bissonnette- Chef and Restauranteur- Bourbon & Beyond
Jamie Bissonnette is the James Beard Award-winning chef and partner of Boston favorites Coppa, an Italian enoteca, Toro, the Barcelona-style tapas bar, and Little Donkey, Cambridge’s beloved neighborhood restaurant. In fall 2013, Bissonnette, co-chef, and partner Ken Oringer brought Toro to New York City and received rave reviews from outlets like The New York Times and New York Magazine. The Toro concept was also expanded to Bangkok, Thailand, in 2016.
Bissonnette won the Cochon 555 nose-to-tail competition and was awarded the inaugural People’s Choice: Best New Chef award by Food & Wine magazine. In May 2014, he was honored with the James Beard Foundation award for Best Chef: Northeast.
Jamie was named 2016 Massachusetts Executive Chef of the Year.
In December 2016, the duo’s latest venture, Little Donkey, received acclaim as Boston’s Restaurant of the Year by The Boston Globe.
He splits his time between the restaurants in Boston & NYC.