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Born in Washington and raised in Portland, Caprial became interested in cooking at a young age. In 1982 at the age of 19, she arrived at the Culinary Institute ready to work and learn. She was one of just four women in her class, and as fate would have it, she met fellow student John Pence. They married in 1984 and settled in Seattle. She became the poissonnier at Fullers in the Sheraton Hotel and shortly thereafter became the chef de cuisine at age 24. In 1990 she earned the Best Chef Pacific Northwest by James Beard Foundation
In 1992, she and her husband John moved to Portland, Oregon to open Caprial’s Westmoreland Kitchen, acclaimed for its eclectic Northwest cuisine. Later that year, she was invited as part of the cooking team for Julia Child’s birthday. In 1996, Great Chefs showed up to tape her for their Discovery Channel’s Great Chefs – Great Cities television series, even though she had her own series on TLC and later on Oregon Public Television. Times became tough in the mid 2000’s and in 2009, they closed their 17 year old restaurant
In 2014, she returned to Seattle and is now the executive chef at the Bookstore Bar & Café at the Alexis Hotel in downtown Seattle.
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Caprial Pence
Caprial Pence is a chef who won the James Beard Foundation Award: 1990|1991 James Beard Award for Best Chef in the Northwest. At the time, she was a chef at Fullers in Seattle.[1] While at Fullers, she was nominated for the rising star chef.[2]
She went on to open her own restaurant, Caprial’s Westmoreland Kitchen in her native Portland (Oregon). She also wrote nine cookbooks and with her husband John, hosted a PBS cooking show[2] and on The Learning Channel.[3]
Pence left working as a chef to become the Seattle and Portland, Oregon culinary director for the online food delivery service Munchery. She had been in charge of Seattle’s Kimpton Alexis Hotel Bookstore Bar and Cafe.[2]
Since 2019, she has been the co-owner of Madison Kitchen in Seattle.
Pence also appeared on Beat Bobby Flay (Season 8, episode 4).[4]
Biography
[edit]She was born in the state of Washington and raised in Portland, Oregon. Her maternal grandfather was considered a very good home cook and inspired her interest in cooking. She went on to attend the Hyde Park campus of the Culinary Institute of America. Though accepted right out of high school, she had to wait until 1982, a year later, because the class was too full. Sh