Revisiting Boston Chefs and the Covid-19 Pandemic

We’ve finally pushed past 2020 and ushered in 2021. Boston’s First Night was broadcast on TV screens and New York’s famous ball drop in Times Square happened without the crowds. The transition was marked with a spritz of champagne and the blow of a horn. And where there is hope, anything is possible.

This past summer we asked chefs from Greater Boston to share their personal and professional challenges and triumphs as COVID-19 tightened its grip on their lives and livelihoods. They all spoke candidly about the future as they saw it. Now, months later, with the arrival of a vaccine, a return to normal seems possible. But what happens between now and then? In the midst of a holiday season, chefs scramble to accommodate their customers, their staff, and their families as they await the new year. Here is an update of where they are and where they are headed.

This interview appeared as an online exclusive in January 2021.

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