Matt Kern

One Coastal’s Matt Kern is James Beard Award semifinalist

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Matt Kern, chef and owner ofĀ One Coastal in Fenwick Island, is a semifinalist for aĀ James Beard AwardĀ in the Best Chef Mid-Atlantic category. This is Kernā€™s third semifinalist nomination. He was a semifinalist in 2019 and 2020 while working atĀ HeirloomĀ in Lewes. ā€œItā€™s way different,ā€ this time, said Kern, who purchased One Coastal from Scott and Carlie Carey in 2022. ā€œI have …

Restaurants wrestle with pricing to cover industry cost hikes

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Bardea Food + Drink is one of the restaurants trying a temporary surchange to help them beat inflation. Photo by Valeria Boltneva/Pexels Since Valentineā€™s Day was on a Monday, many restaurants had four nights of solid reservations. The business was welcome, considering that most experienced a disastrous January due to mask mandates, bitterly cold weather and ailing staff. But a …