"The Florida native sees this as an opportune moment to challenge the white-dominated narrative of the Emerald City's restaurant landscape, which is why he helped organize the Soul of Seattle food festival in February. “The goal was to bring awareness to the Black chefs who are the fabric of Seattle's culinary scene and oftentimes get placed in the back,” says Jordan, owner of the Southern-leaning JuneBaby, high-end Salare, and elegant Lucinda Grain Bar, who trained at the French Laundry. Soul of Seattle featured some of his favorites: flavorful Caribbean by Trey Lamont at Jerk Shack in Belltown; jalapeño hush puppies from Donna Moodie of Marjorie in Capitol Hill; and the Northwest-inflected soul food of Kristi Brown, chef of the new Communion."
