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Frank Stitt is an American chef, restaurateur, and cookbook author. He is the chef and owner of Birmingham, Alabama's Highlands Bar and Grill, Bottega Restaurant, and Chez Fonfon. He is known for his Southern-style cuisine, which combines French and Italian techniques with traditional Southern ingredients.
Stitt was born in Cullman, Alabama, and grew up in Birmingham. He attended the University of Alabama, where he studied philosophy and literature. After college, he moved to France, where he worked in a number of restaurants, including the three-star Michelin restaurant, La Pyramide. He returned to Birmingham in 1982 and opened Highlands Bar and Grill.
Stitt has been recognized for his work in the culinary world, receiving numerous awards and accolades. In 2001, he was inducted into the James Beard Foundation's Who's Who of Food and Beverage in America. In 2003, he was named Best Chef in the Southeast by the James Beard Foundation. He has also been featured in numerous publications, including Gourmet, Food & Wine, and Bon Appétit.
Stitt is the author of two cookbooks, Frank Stitt's Southern Table and Bottega Favorita. He is also the co-author of The Southern Foodways Alliance Community Cookbook.
As of 2021, Frank Stitt's net worth is estimated to be roughly $2 million.
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Stitt soon worked his way into the kitchen at Alice Waters' Chez Panisse. From her he was introduced to Olney, who was living in Provence and compiling a multi-volume Time–Life series on cooking. He became Olney's assistant. While there he met other notable chefs and food writers such as Julia Child, Jeremiah Tower, and Simone Beck. He also took menial jobs, such as grape harvesting, that would allow him to learn more about foods. While there he began working on ideas for marrying Southern foods with French cooking techniques that would set the tone for his flagship restaurant.
Frank Stitt III is the owner and executive chef of Highlands Bar and Grill, Bottega Restaurant, Bottega Cafe, and Chez Fon Fon in Birmingham, Alabama. He was inducted into the James Beard Foundation's "Who's Who of Food and Beverage" in 2011. He was also named the "Best Chef in the Southeast" in 2001, and was a 2008 finalist for its national "Outstanding Chef" award. His flagship restaurant Highlands Bar and Grill was selected the winner of the "Outstanding Restaurant" award in 2018. Also his pastry chef Dolester Miles was the winner of "Outstanding Pastry Chef" in 2018.
Stitt and his wife, Pardis, have been recognized by many publications and have won numerous national culinary awards. His first cookbook, Frank Stitt's Southern Table has been a best-seller and was named "Best Cookbook" for 2005 by the Southern Booksellers Association. Stitt was inducted into the Alabama Academy of Honor in 2009.
In 1988 Stitt opened Bottega Restaurant nearby, borrowing on Italian cooking traditions. Both restaurants spawned more casual siblings, Bottega Cafe adjoining Bottega, and Chez Fonfon next door to Highlands. Stitt's kitchens have directly influenced many local culinary talents, such as Chris Hastings, owner of Hot and Hot Fish Club. His activism on behalf of locally grown farm products has energized the area's local food movement.
After leaving France, Stitt worked in the Caribbean for a while before returning to Alabama. He took a job as a sommelier at a wine shop and as a chef for the Hyatt House hotel while teaching cooking classes privately. He was unable to interest local banks in loaning him money to start his own restaurant, so he approached friends and family. His mother re-mortgaged her house to help out, and Highlands Bar and Grill opened in November 1982. The restaurant quickly became a success, allowing Stitt to repay his investors within four years.
Stitt, the son of a surgeon, was born in 1954 and grew up in Cullman, Alabama. After graduating high school in 1972 he spent a year in Europe. He began his studies at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts, then transferred to the University of California, Berkeley, as a philosophy major. It was through philosophical treatises on food by authors such as Richard Olney and Elizabeth David that he developed an interest in cooking. He tried unsuccessfully to apprentice himself to area chefs, until Fritz Luenberger brought him on at his Casablanca restaurant.
