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March 25, 2019
Sometimes, you gotta steal it a few times before it can become yours. For Claire Welle of New York's Otway and her favored shucker, we like to call that fate.
Claire Welle was born outside of Baltimore and attended the Culinary Institute of America. After culinary school, Welle cooked in San Francisco and Washington D.C. She dutifully studied baking, pastry, and bread making under a Tartine alum. Welle also spent time farming at a small organic produce farm outside Saratoga Springs in upstate New York. Since moving to new York City, Welle cooked at Mas (farmhouse), Gwynnett St, Blenheim, and Rebelle. Priorly, Welle led an exceedingly talented group of people at Otway, but is now with Contra.
Sometimes, you gotta steal it a few times before it can become yours. For Claire Welle of New York's Otway and her favored shucker, we like to call that fate.