Charleston Grill at Charleston Place: French Influenced Lowcountry Cuisine
In a city of good food and ?ne dining establishments, the Charleston Grill is one of the most popular and most honored restaurants. Located in Charleston, South Carolina's Charleston Place hotel complex, the Grill has been under the experienced and imaginative direction of Chef Bob Waggoner for ten years and has garnered almost every award given in the culinary world.Fusing traditional South Carolina Lowcountry cooking with his own French-inspired technique, Waggoner has created a unique and sophisticated southern haute cuisine. Relying heavily upon abundant local produce and seafood, the recipes range from grits and okra to foie gras and sweetbreads. Now these diverse and prized recipes are accessible to the home cook. Waggoner offers step-by-step directions and rounds off many recipes with an appropriate wine selection.Bob Waggoner is a native of California who lived, trained and worked in France for many years before returning to his native country and cooking at several award-winning restaurants.During his tenure at Charleston Grill, he has cooked at the James Beard House, received Food and Wine magazine's "Readers' Favorite Chef in North America" Award, received an honorary doctorate from Johnson & Wales University, and has appeared on the Food Network and other nationally syndicated television programs. He received an Emmy for his own television show, Off the Menu and is currently developing a pilot for a new television series called Bob's World. He lives in Charleston with his wife and daughter.Charleston Grill has consistently been awarded Mobil's Four-Star Dining Award and AAA's Four-Diamond Award, as well as The Wine Spectator's "Best of Award of Excellence."