CIA Alumni Guest Chef Series: Chef Ricky Moore ’94

Chef Ricky Moore hails from New Bern, NC, but his influences come from farther afield (perhaps ‘asea’?). Chef Moore was awarded Best Chef: Southeast by the James Beard Foundation in 2022 for his Saltbox Seafood Joint in Durham, NC. In his restaurants, food truck, and his book, Saltbox Seafood Joint Cookbook, Ricky focuses on local ingredients and fresh seasonal seafood prepared perfectly. With the menu created in collaboration with our own Chef Deborah Mullin, CIA ’99 and using the bounty of Copia’s gardens, this CIA Alumni Chef Takeover is a great opportunity to catch a bite of his unique style.