Lee Gregory - Chef Owner
Lee Gregory is a three-time James Beard Foundation Award semifinalist for best chef Mid-Atlantic and StarChef Rising Star. Though raised in South Carolina, Chef Gregory has a long culinary history in Virginia, having worked under chef Dale Reitzer at Acacia in Richmond for five years before moving to Six Burner, then Mockingbird in Staunton, and Blue Light Grill in Charlottesville. Lee returned to Richmond in 2011 to open The Roosevelt in Church Hill where he served as co-owner and Executive Chef from 2011-2018. In 2014, he helped open Bon Air favorite, Southbound , where is currently co-owner and chef. Alewife is Lee’s first solo venture.
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Bobo Catoe Jr. - Chef de Cuisine
Bobo Catoe is Alewife’s Chef de Cuisine. He grew up in a house that his grandfather built in Sumner, MS, a town in the MS Delta with a population that hovers around 300. He came to Richmond and worked at both Heritage and Southbound after previously working at Husk in Charleston, SC. Cooking in Virginia has been an inspiring experience for Bobo. “The up and coming cultivators in the state are providing all manner of great products. People are passionate starting in the fields and that makes putting better products on plates much easier.” Bobo’s focus as a chef is to provide simple, great food while engaging in conscious sourcing and purchasing practices that in turn will give back to the community and allow both entities to grow.
