NEW YORK — Jonah Reider became an object of media fascination when he opened a sophisticated supper club in his Columbia University dorm that briefly became one of New York City’s most coveted reservations. Three years after graduation, the “dorm chef ” is still cooking up culinary buzz. After a short life in a Brooklyn townhouse, he’s now cooking for small groups at his high-rise apartment near Wall Street. Reider flew overseas this spring to make a television pilot in Japan that features the lanky American presenting Japanese food traditions many younger people there have abandoned. That’s not bad for a 25-year-old with no professional training as a chef — and lots of disdain for the “dorm chef” moniker that made him famous.

Source: National Post May 26, 2019 15:33 UTC