Kent Rathbun Biography

Kent has been invited to cook at the James Beard House in New York and was nominated as the James Beard Foundation Best Chef: Southwest in 2000 and 2002.
Kent's Dallas restaurant Abacus has been a hit from its inception in 1999. After being open only four months Abacus was awarded the coveted Four Star rating by The Dallas Morning News. Abacus currently holds the Mobil Four Star and AAA Four Diamond awards and has been upgraded by the Morning News to Five Stars. Dallas' restaurant industry has honored Abacus as Best Restaurant and for Best Design. Abacus has also been praised by Food & Wine magazine for offering one of the 10 most original food-friendly value-conscious new wine lists in America. And in 2001 and 2002 Wine Spectator honored Abacus with an Award of Excellence.
Kent and his brother Chef Kevin Rathbun of Nava in Atlanta appear regularly on the TV Food Network's Chef du Jour Cooking Live with Sara Moulton and Ready Set Cook. The brothers also have appeared together on the CBS Early Show and the Rosie O'Donnell Show and have recently completed a pilot for a cooking show.

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