James Beard Award-winner and Relais & Châteaux Grand Chef Barbara Lynch is regarded as one of Boston’s—and the country’s—leading chefs and restaurateurs. While growing up in South Boston, Barbara, at the age of 13, got her first kitchen job cooking at a local rectory. It was in high school, however, that an influential home economics teacher and a job working with Chef Mario Bonello at Boston’s esteemed St. Botolph Club piqued her interest in one day becoming a professional chef. As the founder and CEO of Barbara Lynch Gruppo, Barbara oversees the operations of eight concepts and employs over 250 people. In addition to running her company, Barbara has always recognized the importance of giving back to the community and has been involved in a number of philanthropic programs over the years. In 2012 she established the Barbara Lynch Foundation, a charitable organization dedicated to empowering families and providing leadership and resources to help create healthy, inspired, and dignified futures for Boston’s youth.
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“Treat your stove like a piano. You need to tune it up. You need to know it. You need to take care of it. And you need to use it.”
Are we raising generations of Americans who can’t be self-reliant? When did basic skills like cooking get phased out of everyday routines? Chef Barbara Lynch shares her impassioned plea to reinstate home ec classes, restore the honor in vocational careers like cooking, and bring individuals, families, and communities back to the kitchen for wholesome food and a sense of’ well-being.
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