Amelia Gene’s keeps restaurant-industry ‘family meal’ tradition alive
Kitchen staff prepare food for the family meal for the staff at Amelia Gene's June 27. (Benjamin Naylor/The Daily Memphian)
Every day Amelia Gene’s is open, Executive Chef Nate Henssler, Executive Sous Chef Jonathan Lazo and a small handful of line cooks arrive an hour earlier than the rest of the team.
And they do so to cook a meal for their coworkers.
Anyone who has ever worked in a well-run restaurant will tell you the team feels like a family.
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Jennifer Chandler
Jennifer Chandler has been a restaurateur, a cookbook author, a food stylist, a writer and a TV and radio personality.
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