ALO Demo Kitchen Theater Presentation
Sunday, April 11th | 1:30pm

Executive Chef of PUBLIC, The Monday Room, Double Crown and Madam Geneva.

Brad Farmerie grew up in Pittsburgh in a food-loving family, where his mother exposed him to a variety of cuisines from a young age, always insisting on home-baked bread and vegetables straight from the family garden.  After a brief college hiatus spent exploring the cuisines and wines of Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, Southeast Asia and the Antipodes, Farmerie followed his love for food to the UK and earned his "Grande Diplome" at Le Cordon Bleu in 1996.  He further rounded out his education and technique at acclaimed restaurants Coast, Chez Nico and Le Manoir aux Quat’ Saisons. Most influential to his own style was his experience working with Peter Gordon at the Sugar Club, and he went on to assist Gordon and Anna Hansen in opening the critically-acclaimed The Providores and Tapa Room in 1996.

In 2003 Farmerie moved back to the States to help conceive PUBLIC, AvroKO’s first self-propelled restaurant.  There, his creative, global approach was described by The New York Times as one that "swings for the fences with each and every dish” and Michelin awarded the restaurant a coveted star in the 2009 Red Guide.  2006 saw the opening of The Monday Room, a 20-seat wine bar within PUBLIC, where Farmerie offers some of his most creative dishes yet, designed expressly to pair with the Monday Room’s eclectic wine selections.   

In the fall of 2008, Farmerie extended his culinary reach as executive chef of AvroKO Restaurant Group’s Double Crown and Madam Geneva, which takes as its inspiration the unique cuisine that emerged when the British colonized the countries of South Asia and the Far East.  Shortly after opening, the restaurant received a 2- (out of 4) star review from the New York Times. 

Farmerie recently showcased his culinary talent on national television with a battle on Iron Chef America, aired Sunday, August 23rd, 2009.  He was also a contestant in the Food Network’s The Next Iron Chef series, which premiered October 9th, 2009.