Over the last week there was a lot of news regarding Chef Sean Brock, so it was easy to miss the coverage by Eater Charleston and The Post & Courier. In case you missed it, here’s what Charleston’s most famous chef has been up to:
- Chef Brock will find out tonight if he has won his second James Beard Foundation Award. He is nominated in the Outstanding Chef category.
- He will be opening a Mexican restaurant near McCrady's. It is scheduled to go live this summer. A press release said the restaurant should have a “fun atmosphere, affordable menu and casual service.”
- Chef Brock released the cover image for his debut cookbook Heritage. The book will be released on October 21st. You can see the image on the right. You can pre-order the book here.
- He was also nominated for a Daytime Emmy for his role in PBS’s The Mind of a Chef. Chef Brock and April Bloomfiend are co-nominees in the “outstanding culinary host” category.