2023 Chefs
HEARTS DELIGHT Q&A
Q: What is one thing people would be surprised to know about you?
A: I haven't had a drink in about a year and a half
Q: What would you eat for your last meal and who would be there with you?
A: Steamed blue crabs and fresh sliced tomatoes from the garden with Old Bay. My wife and daughter, our dog Nacho, my parents and my brother and sister
Q: What is the best advice you've been given?
A: "Keep your head down and nose clean" Pop Pop, my dad's dad
Johnny Spero
Reverie
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Thursday, April 30, 2020 Winemaker Dinner Series
Johnny Spero is the Head Chef/Owner of Reverie Restaurant in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, DC. Spero has spent the past decade working in some of the best kitchens in the US and abroad. He began his DC culinary career at Komi where he eventually became the pastry chef. He then left DC to stage at Noma. He returned to the states to work for his culinary mentor, John Shields, at Townhouse in Chilhowie, VA. His next move brought him back to DC to become Head Chef at Minibar by Jose Andres. After 2 years Spero departed to San Sebastian to work at a restaurant that had been incredibly influential to his career, Mugaritz. Johnny began working on Reverie immediately after his time abroad in Spain, which opened in October of 2018.
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