![]() ![]() Yin started a search for a new Exec Chef, and in September 2012, recruited Eli Kulp, a CIA grad who'd served as CdC at Torrisi Italian Specialties in Manhattan. He even landed a "Best Chef: Mid-Atlantic" semifinalist nod from Beard in 2010, but left in 2012 to open Tavro 13 in Swedesboro, NJ. Ngo decamped in January 2009, and was succeeded by Terence Feury, who really took the restaurant to the next level. In 2004, Yin expanded with Fork:etc, a casual joint situated next door to Fork, while in October 2007, her cookbook Forklore: Recipes and Tales from an American Bistro was published. ![]() Ballentine headed up Fork only briefly though, and was supplanted by Chef Thien Ngo, who stayed over seven years. Lasher lasted three years before leaving to open Picnic, and she was replaced by David Ballentine, another alum of La Terrasse. The restaurant debuted in October 1997 with a fairly basic menu by Chef Anne-Marie Lasher, and quickly became busy. She thus teamed up with Wharton colleague Roberto Sella and the two opened Fork with a budget of only $300,000. She graduated in 1993, and then went to work in healthcare consulting, but was unfulfilled. After finishing undergrad, Yin did advertising and sales, then returned to Wharton for her MBA in 1991, focusing on healthcare. She relocated to Philadelphia to study at the University of Pennsylvania, and while attending school, worked as a server/bartender at La Terrasse. One of the Old City's standbys, the restaurant opened all the way back in 1997, and is the brainchild of one Ellen Yin.Ī brief history: Yin first got started in the hospitality biz during high school, when she bussed tables at a local Chinese restaurant in her hometown of Robson, NJ (she later moved to a French spot just around the corner). Given the lateness of said flight, I was able to squeeze in one more dinner, and decided on Fork, a modern American eatery inspired by the Mid-Atlantic region. This visit to Philly was brief, lasting a mere three days, and I was scheduled to depart this evening on the last flight to LAX. ![]()
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