12/8/2023 0 Comments Shaw bijou dc![]() In 2013: GRAN’S BAG seasons, and her latest independent show, BIJOU A CABARET OF SECRETS AND SEDUCTION premiered in Canberra in August 2013 and has been seen in Sydney and regional NSW.Ĭhrissie has been a musical director of several local community choirs, and is a founding member of A BUNCH OF POSERS, a Corporate and Events entertainment troupe.ĪWARDS: 1997 ACT MEAA Award, 2013 ACT MEAA Award Performer of the Year for BIJOU, 2012 Canberra Critics Circle Award for performance in LAWRIE AND SHIRLEY by Geoff Page, 2013 Canberra Critics Circle Award for writing and performing in BIJOU.Ĭhrissie is a proud member of Actors Equity. For The Street Theatre, Chrissie appeared in LAWRIE AND SHIRLEY 2011, winning a 2012 Critics Circle Award for her performance for Jigsaw, PEARL VERSES THE WORLD and for Greg Lissaman, ROLLING HOME in 2012. GRAN’S BAG (Greg Lissaman/Chrissie Shaw) premiered in QLD, tours schools, theatres in Canberra, Sydney, Victoria, regional NSW. FLOTSAM AND JETSAM (Greg Lissaman), toured Canberra schools, NSW, Sydney, South Australia (ComeOut 2007) and Victoria. She created, produced, performed in independent shows ABOUT FACE, FOOTPRINTS ON THE WIND, A SWEETER FERN – THAT’S RED!, DRUMMING ON WATER (Geoff Page) winning a Greenroom Award, THE KEEPER, touring after Canberra seasons, and in 2013, BIJOU-A CABARET OF SECRETS AND SEDUCTION. In Canberra, Chrissie has worked for many companies including TAU Theatre, Canberra Theatre Company, Women On A Shoestring, The Street Theatre, and Jigsaw Theatre Company. ![]() ![]() She toured in independent shows, THE DRESSES and THE NOT TOO LATE SHOW 19/7, visiting Canberra, where she now lives. She toured Australia with children’s theatre company Pipi Storm, as co-creator, devisor and performer from 1979 to 1982. In February 2021, Onwuachi joined Food & Wine magazine as Executive Producer.Chrissie’s performance career started in Sydney in the 1960s. Esquire named Onwuachi its Chef of the Year for 2019, identifying Kith/Kin as one of the Best New Restaurants in America. At the 2019 James Beard Awards, Onwuachi was named Rising Star Chef of the Year. A followup cookbook, My America: Recipes from a Young Black Chef was published in May 2022.įood & Wine magazine named Onwuachi one of its Best New Chefs in 2019. The book tells the story of his childhood in New York and Nigeria, and the opening of the Shaw Bijou. The dining experience is no longer ticketed and pre-paid via online. A new seven-course menu is served for 95 per person, which includes a welcome cocktail (tax, tip, and additional drinks are extra). In 2019, Onwuachi published a memoir, Notes from a Young Black Chef, with Joshua David Stein. Editor’s Note: The Shaw Bijou has changed its dining format since this review was published, cutting prices and courses by nearly half. In July 2020, Onwuachi resigned his position at Kith/Kin. The restaurant received positive reviews from The Washington Post and the Michelin Guide. He named it "Kith and Kin", serving Afro-Caribbean cuisine influenced by his family ties to Louisiana, Jamaica, Trinidad, and Nigeria. In late 2017, Onwuachi was hired to open a restaurant in the new InterContinental Hotel on D.C.'s Southwest Waterfront. After two months, Onwuachi scaled back the menu and reduced prices, but the primary investor closed the restaurant in January 2017. The reviews were mixed, and critics questioned whether it was worth the price. In November 2016, Onwuachi opened his own restaurant in a converted townhouse in the Shaw neighborhood of Washington, D.C., called the Shaw Bijou, serving a 13-course tasting menu. In 2015, he was a contestant on Top Chef (season 13). During culinary school, Onwuachi worked an externship at Per Se, and after graduation he worked as a line cook at Eleven Madison Park. ![]() In 2012, Onwuachi enrolled at The Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, New York. ![]() He returned to New York City in 2010, waiting tables at Tom Colicchio's Craft before opening his own catering business, Onwuachi's Coterie Catering. ![]()
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