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Chef Justin Smillie was born in Upland California, but raised in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, where he began his kitchen career at 17 at Bernards Inn under Chef Edward Stone. Two years on the line convinced Smillie to enroll at the Culinary Institute of America, where the eager young cook picked up the fine-dining skills he needed to make in New York City. Stints at New York restaurants like the Mercer Kitchen, Gramercy Tavern, and the Standard, but it was during his time as executive chef of Il Buco Alimentari e Vineria where he—and his much-hyped roasted short rib for two—really caught fire. “It was the first time I had done my own food and it was an exciting, creative time, surrounded by amazing ingredients. It was crazy, really,” he says. A three-star review from the New York Times during his time at Il Buco Alimentari, Smillie earned the opportunity to open his dream restaurant. Now at Upland, the latest hit from restaurateur Stephen Starr, Smillie telegraphs a California-meets-Italy sensibility with dishes like five-lettuce Caesar salad, and pasta laced with chicken liver and sherry. The ethos of simplicity harkens back to his years working for Jonathan Waxman at Washington Square Park and Barbuto. “The one thing I was amazed by was Jonathan’s ability to suss out the simple things. He informed a lot of who I was when I was young, and as I’ve grown into who I’m going to be as a chef, I keep that in the foreground,” Smillie says.
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