Chef Chris Hastings Wants Alabama To Look At Development Through Prism Of Food

By Michael Tomberlin

Birmingham celebrity chef Chris Hastings wants to use food as an economic development tool, but probably not in the way you would think.

Oh, sure, the owner of Hot and Hot Fish Club and OvenBird restaurants is used to having recruiters bringing in company prospects to be wined and dined on gourmet meals.

While that is one aspect of culinary economic development, Hastings sees the bigger picture.“Those are high-end situations,” he said in an interview with Alabama NewsCenter. “You need to be able to provide healthier food to all. When you think about development of community through the prism of food, you just don’t think about attracting people like me. You have to think about the hope of providing great food to every citizen that lives in your community and developing a master plan for that so that you’re raising healthier, stronger people and you’re also attracting people from outside of that community because you’re really committed to that. I just think it’s the way to do it. We’ll see if I’m right or wrong.”

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