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Today's spotlight is on SooToday's Alex Flood, whose story — " Sault chef: This talented local grad chased his kitchen dreams around the world " — was published on Sep. 12. Below is the full story, in case you missed it.
Few chefs can claim they’ve shared the kinds of experiences Josh Adamo has had in the culinary scene — and he’s still only 29 years old. Born and raised in Sault Ste. Marie, the Sault College culinary grad has worked in some of the finest restaurants around the globe while establishing a number of elite connections along the way.
One of those connections — EJ Lagasse, the son of celebrity chef Emeril Lagasse — landed Adamo a job at their family’s reinvigorated and famous restaurant called Emeril's in New Orleans around this time last year. He’s been the head chef there ever since. “Meeting Emeril was crazy for me,” Adamo told SooToday .
“I used to watch him on TV with my mom as a kid. Now, he’s just Emeril — he’ll send me videos on Facebook, come in and eat, I get to text him and call him. It’s really cool.
” But his current success didn't happen over.