{"id":27079,"date":"2025-11-06T21:42:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T21:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/27079\/"},"modified":"2025-11-06T21:42:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T21:42:07","slug":"james-beard-semifinalist-to-lead-new-italian-eatery-at-the-oaklander-hotel-wpxi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/27079\/","title":{"rendered":"James Beard semifinalist to lead new Italian eatery at The Oaklander Hotel \u2013 WPXI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">PITTSBURGH \u2014 The Oaklander Hotel has tapped multiple time James Beard semifinalist Kristin Butterworth to be Executive Chef of its new Italian restaurant, Cork &amp; Crust.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">In addition to being a three-time James Beard semifinalist, Butterworth was a featured chef at the James Beard House in New York City. Her work with Lautrec at Nemacolin elevated it to become a Forbes Five Star and a AAA Five Diamond Restaurant, making her the first female chef in the country to boast both at the same time. After spending some time cooking on the coast of Georgia, she\u2019s returning to the region to lead Oakland\u2019s latest restaurant.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">\u201cMy mom\u2019s family is Italian and I grew up surrounded by delicious pizzas, pastas and a deep love for the culture and cuisine,\u201d Butterworth said in a prepared statement. \u201cCork &amp; Crust is an opportunity to bring that same sense of warmth and authenticity to Pittsburgh while creating memorable and flavorful dishes for locals and travelers alike.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/pittsburgh\/news\/2025\/10\/31\/oaklander-hotel-new-restaurant.html?ana=wpxi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/pittsburgh\/news\/2025\/10\/31\/oaklander-hotel-new-restaurant.html?ana=wpxi\">Click here to read more from our partners at the Pittsburgh Business Times. <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/mobile-apps\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FREE WPXI News app<\/a> for breaking news alerts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Follow Channel 11 News on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wpxi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WPXI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>. | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/video\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch WPXI NOW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>TOP STORIES FROM CHANNEL 11 NEWS <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph body-copyright\">\u00a92025 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PITTSBURGH \u2014 The Oaklander Hotel has tapped multiple time James Beard semifinalist Kristin Butterworth to be Executive Chef&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":27080,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[17731,9854,7814,3398,73,75,74,17730],"class_list":["post-27079","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-bigelow-boulebard","tag-bigelow-boulevard","tag-oakland","tag-pitt","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news","tag-the-oaklander"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27079","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27079"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27079\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27080"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}