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Introducing...

John Howie
Executive Chef
Seastar Restaurant & Raw Bar
Bellevue, Washington

Chef John Howie is widely recognized as the foremost expert on plank cooking. He is the author of “The Cedar Plank Cookbook” and “The Plank Cookbook”, he is an expert in the time honored Northwest Native American method of roasting fish, meats and fowl on cedar planks.

The former Executive Chef of Palisade in Seattle, he opened Seastar Restaurant & Raw Bar in Bellevue, WA, in March 2002. Seastar was just voted “Best New Restaurant in Western Washington” by KING5 Evening Magazine Viewers.  John will make his fourth appearance at the James Beard House in October 2003, he has appeared on Martha Stewart Living Television, CBS Early Morning Show, Food Networks “Best of” and Rick Browne’s Barbeque America.
 
If you would like to contact Chef Howie, please send an e-mail to: ChefHowie@plankcooking.com.  He would love to hear from you!