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Chef Anthony Wayne Jones, Jr. Brings Cutting-Edge Cuisine to Kimpton Monaco Washington DC.

by Kimberly Inlander

May 17, 2023
April/May 2023

PHOTOS: © KIMBERLY KONG FROM NOM DIGITAL

The original Iron Chef TV show inspired Anthony Wayne Jones, Jr. to pursue a career as a chef. In a full- circle moment, he became a Chopped (also a Food Network program) champion in 2022. Since graduating from Johnson and Wales University in Charlotte, North Carolina, his career has taken him around the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia region and to Florida. Now, full circle once again, the Maryland native finds himself returning to the DMV area as executive chef of Dirty Habit at Kimpton Hotel Monaco Washington DC.

Housed in the hotel building’s historic mailroom and courtyard, Dirty Habit creates a vivacious social scene around its craft cocktails, shared plates, innovative design and large patio. The restaurant, open for breakfast, lunch, dinner and weekend bottomless brunch, serves hotel guests and locals their meals in the main dining room or the Glass House.

WHICH FOOD IS YOUR GUILTY PLEASURE? AND ON THE OPPOSITE END OF THE SPECTRUM, WHAT IS ONE INGREDIENT OR FOOD YOU HATE TO USE? My guilty pleasure food is Ritz crackers and spray-can cheese, but there’s no ingredient or food yet that I hate to use.

WHAT DISHES WOULD YOU SERVE AT A PRIVATE DINNER PARTY? Whenever I actually do a private dinner party, I like to cook food or dishes that pull from childhood memories or life events. One dish in particular is a corn and bay leaf custard with fresh blue crab and caviar. My grandmother and father love eating crabs and corn at a family event every summer. The caviar is obviously an upgrade to give the dish more refinement. The second dish would be an interpretation of peaches and cream. My great-grandmother, when she was alive, would jar peaches late in the summer so, even in December or January, we could enjoy peaches that had the same amazing flavor from the summer season.

WHAT WAS THE FIRST MEAL YOU EVER PREPARED ON YOUR OWN? The first meal I ever prepared on my own was a simple break- fast for my mom and dad when I was younger. The meal was your traditional setup: pancakes, eggs, bacon, etc. In my family, breakfast is an important meal, and on holidays it’s just as important as dinner.

PHOTO: © KIMBERLY KONG FROM NOM DIGITAL

IF YOU COULD DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONAL STYLE IN ONE DISH, WHICH DISH WOULD IT BE AND WHY? I would say the new sea bass dish describes me well. There are a lot of flavors and textures to the dish, but you have to break it apart and mix it together to find them. The sea bass is served with chamomile- braised fennel, charred eggplant purée and a shellfish nage we turn into a foam. The dish has deep, rich notes along with bitterness balanced out by umami. Appearance-wise, it looks subtle, but every bite leads you to more flavors.

WHICH CULINARY TREND WOULD YOU LIKE TO DISAPPEAR? I don’t dislike any trends, but I prefer to not eat or cook a lot of fried food. Growing up, I ate a lot of fried food at home. It was part of our diet and our lives. Now, though, I try to make sure I use it more as a technique to enhance a dish versus basing a whole dish around a fried item.

DIRTY HABIT
Kimpton Hotel Monaco Washington DC
555 8th St. N.W.
Washington, DC 20004
tel 202 449 7095
dirtyhabitdc.com

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