Chef Jay Caputo to speak at Zwaanendael Museum's Savory Sussex program Jan. 14
Acclaimed chef Jay Caputo, owner of Espuma Restaurant and Porcini House in Rehoboth Beach, will be the speaker at the fourth installment of Savory Sussex, a seven-part, monthly series of programs on the unique and delectable local flavors of Sussex County.
The program will begin at 2 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 14, at the Zwaanendael Museum at 102 Kings Highway in Lewes. Admission is free and open to the public but, due to seating limitations, reservations must be made by calling 302-645-1148 no later than Monday, Jan. 9.
Raised in Dover, Caputo is a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, N.Y. His far-flung gastronomic explorations have taken him to both the east and west coasts of the United States with stints at the Lark Creek Inn and Farallon restaurants in the San Francisco area, at the Radius restaurant in Boston and as executive chef at Tangerine Restaurant in Philadelphia.
Returning to Delaware, Caputo purchased Espuma Restaurant in Rehoboth Beach in 2004, earning praise from patrons and critics alike. In 2008 and 2009, he was named a semifinalist for the James Beard Foundation’s Best Chef for the Mid-Atlantic Region and has participated regularly as a guest chef at the Meals from the Masters Celebrity Brunch. Caputo opened his second Rehoboth Beach eatery, Porcini House, in 2008.
The Zwaanendael Museum was built in 1931 to commemorate the 300th anniversary of Delaware's first European colony, Swanendael, established by the Dutch along Hoorn Kill (present-day Lewes-Rehoboth Canal) in 1631. Designed by E. William Martin, architect of Legislative Hall and the Hall of Records in Dover, the museum is modeled after the town hall in Hoorn, the Netherlands, and features a stepped facade gable with carved stonework and decorated shutters.
