FoodE’s Joy Crump Premiers on ‘Top Chef’ October 15

Joy Crump, co-owner and executive chef ofFoodE, will make her debut on Bravo’s top reality series “Top Chef” at 10 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 15, when the show begins its 12th season. The Fredericksburg Main Street Initiative is hosting a viewing party from 9:30 – 11 p.m. at the Inn at the Old Silk Mill, 1707 Princess Anne St.

Crump is a graduate of the nationally accredited Art Institute of Atlanta in the field of Culinary Arts, and has worked with including Bradley Rouse, head chef for the Atlanta Hawks, and Virginia Willis, author of the nationally-acclaimed cookbook, “Bon Appetit, Y’all.” She’s long been a farm-to-table proponent who specializes in researching and preparing locally grown, sustainable foods. She moved from Atlanta to open FoodE, 1006 Caroline St., with business partner Beth Black.

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