Looking objectively at Nick Peters Bond’s career, it’s easy to say he’s got a pretty cool gig. After more than a decade working in restaurants, he’s now executive chef and co-founder with Meghann Basque of Kitchen to Aisle Catering & Events. He knew he wanted to enter the culinary world since middle school. “I didn’t have that one thing that I was good at or that I was really passionate about besides cooking,” Bond recalls. “When you’re a teenager it’s not really cool to love to cook.” That didn’t deter him, though; by the time he entered high school, Bond secured his first job as a line cook in his hometown of Stoneham, Massachusetts.
Read more: Nick Peters Bond, Executive Chef, Kitchen to Aisle Catering & Events, Amesbury, MAA New Hampshire native, Bourassa’s passion for hospitality began when he was in high school, with classes at the Manchester School of Technology Culinary Arts program. He went on to Johnson & Wales University, receiving a BA in Food and Beverage Management, with a concentration in entrepreneurship. He worked at various top restaurants and hotels, including M.C. Perkins Cove in Ogunquit and the W Hotel in Boston, before returning to New Hampshire. At CR’s The Restaurant, Bourassa has created a Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence wine list.
Read more: Jerry Bourassa, General Manager & Wine Director, CR's The Restaurant, Hampton, NHRestaurateur Al Fleury has created a unique experience in each of his three Hampton Beach, New Hampshire, restaurants and bars. While all are lively and comfortable, each has its own personality. Want a vacation to the Caribbean? Try the seasonal Bernie’s Beach Bar. Get a rustic, down-home feel in The Goat, and walk across the street to Wally’s Pub for some of the best live music on the Seacoast.
Read more: Al Fleury, Restaurateur, Hampton Beach and Portsmouth, NHKingston has seen a few restaurants with the name “Rick’s” on the sign over the years. Chef Rick Korn’s latest, Rick’s Food & Spirits, is just the spot to bring in locals and destination diners alike. Korn has been in the restaurant business since he was 14, starting at the Kozy Korner in Kingston. In 1998 he opened Rick’s Cafe and Grill, followed by Rick’s on Mill Pond and Rick’s Pond View. After a two-year hiatus from the restaurant biz, Korn is back to the career he loves, in the space on Main Street he’s been before, cooking creative dishes like flaky short rib empanadas, innovative craft burgers, and entrees with flavors from all over the globe.
Read more: Rick Korn, Chef-Owner, Rick’s Food & Spirits, Kingston, NHAt first glance, you might drive by without noticing STREET, which might suit locals in the know just fine, as the restaurant has emerged as one of Portsmouth’s most popular eating destinations. Located in the back portion of a shopping plaza just a mile or so outside the Port City’s downtown, STREET features everything from falafel and pho to burgers and bibimbap. It’s owned by husband-and-wife team Josh Lanahan and Michelle Lozuaway. Lozuaway handles the front of the house, while Chef Lanahan is responsible for the kitchen.
Read more: Josh Lanahan, Chef-Co-Owner, STREET, Portsmouth, NH