Erin French, head chef and owner of The Lost Kitchen in
In 2013, chef Erin French lost almost everything. Then, in Freedom, Maine, she started anew with her restaurant The Lost Kitchen.
A 34-year-old self-taught chef who has cooked professionally for just four years, French is hoping that her new restaurant, the Lost Kitchen, will be her comeback venture following a humiliating downfall.
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Average The Lost Cajun Kitchen Team Member hourly pay in the United States is approximately $9.95, which is 26% below the national average.
French is working on another cookbook, a follow-up to 2018's The Lost Kitchen: Recipes and a Good Life in Freedom, Maine. Her online gift market has been so successful that she's rented a property across the street from The Lost Kitchen to act as a shipping hub.
In an Instagram post from Aug. 24, 2021, Erin wrote a sweet shoutout to her husband, Michael Dutton, for the couple's third anniversary: "Celebrating three years of wedded bliss with my best friend.
How much does dinner cost? Dinner for the 2023 season is $250 per person (plus tax, gratuity & beverages). Dinner is so much more than a meal at TLK. It's an evening, an adventure, a moment, and a memory.
Nine years ago, French met media executive Michael Dutton. They got married in 2018. French's mother, now divorced from her dad, does whatever needs doing at the Lost Kitchen. And when dinner begins French presides over the Lost Kitchen, like a woman who has finally found herself.
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Erin French re-opened The Lost Kitchen in the tiny rural town with a population of 711 in 2014 in the Mill at Freedom Falls. The former gristmill and wood turning mill is a historic structure that fell into disrepair after being abandoned in 1967. It was renovated in 2012.
Erin and Michael met on match.com and became pen pals, writing to each other while living miles apart in two different worlds—Michael in Manhattan and Erin in an old Airstream on her parents' property on a dirt road in Freedom. “We had both been married before and broken by divorce,” says Erin.
A year later, in the space below that apartment, French opened a restaurant she called the Lost Kitchen. There were no signs, and patrons had to search for the door. Still, the reputation of her fine food brought acclaim and even a prestigious invitation to cook at the James Beard House in New York City.
The Lost Kitchen, which opened in the Gothic building in 2011, closed this spring with the only explanation for the sudden departure a blog post by owner and chef Erin French, who said she was taking a break after “going deep.”
French's mother, Deanna, divorced from French's father, learned the wine business from the bottom up, and runs the wine cellar and shop.
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Aaron then said goodbye to London and took the role of head chef for Sir Richard Branson on his private Island in the BVI.
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Erin French was born Erin Richardson in 1981 and grew up in Freedom, Maine.
Family Friendly
If your child is under three, we're happy for you to bring their baby food and will warm it for you in hot water, we do not have a microwave. Otherwise we ask only food purchased at the restaurant is eaten on the premises. We have high-chairs available.
The Lost Kitchen is closed during winter months and opens during warmer seasons. For 2023, it's accepting reservations from 1st April to 15th May. The restaurant will open sometime after that.
A key part of her "village" is her new husband, Michael Dutton, a media executive, whom she met on match.com and married in 2018. "I was fearful no one would ever love me again. I felt tainted," she says. "But the relationship I'm in now — he's so supportive and is never trying to put a cap on me."
This 48-seater restaurant is open for four nights weekly in the warm seasons. Upon entering the place, you can feel the vibes of a private club with candlelight on the tables, an open kitchen, and the beautiful beams and posts of an old meal. Customers can watch Erin's cooking from the countertop.
Ms. French, who is 36, has built a cult following with her own approach — open, intimate and personal.