Chef Joshua Applegate

Chef At Home In Vail

I am a professional chef with 35 years experience in culinary management including Michelin starred restaurants, five star hotels, James Beard Award winning venues and non-profits. I specialize in healthy, organic multi-cultural cuisine with emphasis on local ingredients and nutritional value. Colorado has been my home for 17 years and I have had the pleasure to work in both the Eagle Valley and the Roaring Fork Valley. Prior to my experiences here, I worked in Las Vegas, Lake Tahoe and Portland OR. I am originally from Asheville NC and have a solid background in WNC BBQ as well. If experience and variety are what you are looking for, I am able to provide both in a welcoming atmosphere with a ‘hospitality first’ attitude.

For me, cooking is...

My way of bringing people together to enjoy not only the food they eat but the experience they get from a welcoming environment.

I learned to cook at...

My mother’s side. She instilled the importance of a family meal to me at a very young age. I still use her biscuit recipe to this day.

A cooking secret...

Mise en place. Or ‘things in place’. It’s imperative to be organized in the kitchen. As a Servesafe Manager, cleanliness is extremely important to me.