Joe Truex
Watershed
Tuesday, April 8th
Chef Joe Truex, a native Southerner, has introduced his unique style of southern cuisine to Watershed on Peachtree's menu since he became Executive Chef and Partner in 2010. His classic approach to cooking transforms traditional southern dishes into something distinctive and exciting. His cooking refreshes our ideas about how creative and delicious southern food can be. Chef Truex has a keen understanding of the connection between food and wine and brings his passion for wine to the southern table. His expertise and dedication to his roots is reflected in several of Watershed on Peachtree's most popular dishes, including Joe's Jambalaya, and the successful launch of Gumbo Night featuring a different authentic gumbo every Thursday for dinner.
Chef Joe grew up in the small town of Mansura, Louisiana, attended Louisiana State University, and began his culinary training in New Orleans at Fairmont Hotel in 1986. A graduate of The Culinary Institute of America in New York (class of '89), he worked at the original Le Cirque under Chef Daniel Boulud, and continued his training overseas in Basel, Switzerland and back in the states in Las Vegas and New York City. Chef Joe Truex was most recently Chef at the prominent Atlanta restaurant Repast.