“I have an affinity for the old Seattle coffee shops, places like the Green Onion and the Copper Kettle, the classic kind of coffee bar - little places that served breakfast, lunch and dinner and have pretty much disappeared.”

American executive chef, restaurateur, author, and radio talk show host

Tom Douglas is an American executive chef, restaurateur, author, and radio talk show host. He won the James Beard Award for Best Northwest Chef in 1994 and the James Beard Award for Best Restaurateur in 2012. He wrote Tom Douglas' Seattle Kitchen, which was named Best American Cookbook by the James Beard Foundation and KitchenAid in 2001. In 2005, he appeared on Iron Chef America on the Food Network and defeated chef Masaharu Morimoto.