Joe Kindred

Before his time in North Carolina, he worked extensively in Chicago with stints at Tru, one sixtyblue, and The Pump Room, where he met his future wife, Katy. In San Francisco Kindred worked at acclaimed restaurant Delfina under Chef Craig Stoll and was there when he beat stiff competition to be James Beard “Best Chef: Pacific” in 2007 before relocating with his family to NC, where he was named Chef of the Year by Charlotte Magazine for his work at Rooster. Chef Joe was a semi-finalist for the James Beard Best Chef: Southeast in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020.