Chef de Cuisine Peter Barlow comes to Flora Street Café from Chattanooga, Tennessee, where he was most recently Chef de Cuisine at Easy Bistro and Bar for Erik Niel, who was a semifinalist for a James Beard award in 2016. In the midst of his five years with Easy Bistro, Peter took a year off to stage across the country with top chefs and restaurants including Douglas Keene (2 Michelin Star Chef) at Cyrus Restaurant; Chefs Jon Shook and Vinny Dotolo of Animal; Chef Ludo Lefebvre at Trois Mec. Prior to that he was Chef de Partie for Curtis Duffy (3 Michelin Star Chef) at Grace in Chicago, worked at McCrady’s Tavern in Charleston, SC, and spent time with Chef John Shields (Charlie Trotter’s/Alinea) at Riverstead Inn in Virginia. Barlow is a native of Sewanee, Tennessee, where he was raised and worked on his parents’ farm. His appreciation for the simplicity of growing food in your own backyard still influences him today. Barlow was nominated as Rising Star Chef of the Year for the 2017 CultureMap Tastemaker Awards.
