Large Dangerous Breakfast recruits Matt Bell, previously of South on Principal

James Beard award-winning chef/creator John Currence introduced this week that Chef Matt Bell has been named interim culinary director of Large Dangerous Breakfast. Currence, a New Orleans native, based Large Dangerous Breakfast in Oxford in 2008.

Bell, former proprietor of South on Principal, shall be overseeing all the BBB portfolio. Bell introduced that he was promoting South on Principal in January of 2020 after accepting the place of government chef at Nashville’s Gray & Dudley.

Large Dangerous Breakfast has a number of places all through the Southeast. Per week in the past Arkansas Times reported that Large Dangerous Breakfast is opening a second Little Rock location within the former Soul Fish Cafe house at 306 Principal St. Its first Arkansas location opened in June of this 12 months at at 101 S. Bowman Street.

Right here’s extra from the press launch:

In his new function as Interim Culinary Director for BBB Bell will report on to John Currence in managing and sustaining the culinary imaginative and prescient of the famend from-scratch southern breakfast model throughout all of its 15 distinct places all through the southeast.

“Since I’ve identified John [Currence], I’ve been a fan,” stated incoming Culinary Director of BBB, Matt Bell. “My first expertise with BBB was in Oxford, Mississippi round 2017. I spotted Chef Currence and BBB had cracked the code to perfecting breakfast whereas bringing heat, homeyness and a focus to element to every restaurant. I’m keen to hitch the gifted group he has put collectively and to rising this thrilling chef-driven idea to new places.”

Chef Matt Bell opened his first restaurant, Little Rock Arkansas’ South on Principal, in 2013. After efficiently operating his restaurant for seven years, Chef Bell moved to Nashville to work with the acclaimed Grey & Dudley resort. He’ll stay in Nashville for his work with BBB.

“My work with and admiration for Matt Bell spans past the kitchen. His ardour for meals and values align seamlessly with these we’ve labored to determine at BBB,” stated Chef John Currence, Founding father of Large Dangerous Breakfast. “The satisfaction he takes in his craft and the eye to element and respect for the meals and the workers makes him a pure match with us. We’re very lucky to have him as a part of our group and stay up for seeing his efforts mirrored throughout all of our eating places.”

Beforehand, Chef Bell has cooked at James Beard Home, Atlanta’s well-known Meals and Wine Pageant, and has raised over half 1,000,000 {dollars} for the No Kid Hungry charity group. His involvement with fundraising for the charity will proceed in his work with Large Dangerous Breakfast. For extra info, go to BigBadBreakfast.com or EndeavorRestaurantGroup.com.

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