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Atlantic Beach, FL, USA
Name: Daniel Groshell
Age: 42
Nationality: American
Country of Residence: USA
1. Your Restaurant/Business: Ocean 60 Restaurant and Martini Bar in Atlantic Beach, FL.
2. About Your Kitchen: Creative continental cuisine, fresh local seafood and French classical techniques.
3. Your Favorite Chef Works Item: The Montreal Black Cool Vent Coat – great for Florida weather.
4. First Job: Peeling carrots for Chef Sergio at Ponte Vedra Inn and Club, Florida.
5. Your Cookbook: My go to book: Professional Chef. My future book will honor my mother – artist, master entertainer, and community activist.
6. Your Awards: 2003-2010 Top 25 Best of Jacksonville, 2003-2010 Top 500 Florida Golden Spoon.
7. Your Cooking Inspiration: My mother, Dorothy, Julia Child, and the beach where I grew up.
8. Your Speciality Dish: Local diver shot Grouper with roasted tomato and shallot marmalade, parmesan risotto and lemon beurre blanc.
9. Favorite Dish To Eat: Whole fried red Snapper.
10. Weirdest Thing You Ever Ate: Turtle eggs off of the beach in El Salvador.
11. Favorite Ice Cream Flavor: Macadamia nut crunch.
12. Favorite Drink: Freshly squeezed tangerine and blood orange juice from my tree.
13. Favorite Wine: Vino Verde – I had in Portugal on the beach at age 15.
14. Who Would You Most Like To Cook For: Julia Child.
15. Who Would You Least Like To Cook For: Negative people and know-it-alls.
16. Favorite Things To Do When Not Cooking: Enjoying the beach, the surf, fishing, and then cooking!
17. Your Latest Project: R & D on a new product for the hospitality industry.
18. Favorite City and Why: Kanapali, Hawaii. Great memories and a trifecta of beauty: sand, surf and fresh fish!
19. Your Greatest Indulgence: Ron Centenario – Costa Rican Rum.
20. Your All Time Best Culinary Tip: Technique is flavor.