BJ Lieberman Chapman’s Eat Market podcast description
BJ Lieberman is a semifinalist for the 2023 James Beard award! Best chef: Great Lakes category. That’s a huge award that recognizes chefs, restaurateurs, authors and journalists in the United States. He tells me his culinary origin story. He went to the Culinary Institute of America in NYC, helped open Husk in Charleston, South Carolina with Sean Brock, Bon Appetit named Husk the best new restaurant in America and reservations were quickly booked up for 2 years in the future. Later, he moved to DC to help open Aaron Silverman’s Rose’s Luxury.
In this podcast episode we talk about leading by kindness and respect as opposed to rudeness and intimidation. Culinary school vs real world experience. When BJ came to town Cameron Mitchell was very helpful and allowed BJ to audit Cameron’s pre-opening things like vendors and operations.
How does BJ Lieberman manage his time?
He has a very popular, busy restaurant, Chapman’s Eat Market as well as his jazz lounge Ginger Rabbit and he’s working on another Columbus, Ohio restaurant called Hiraeth slated to open in June 2023. Hiraeth is a Welsh word that basically is a feeling akin to homesickness but a positive, familiar way, something you’ve been looking for your whole life. A sense of belonging as well as something they’ve been searching for.
BJ Lieberman’s top 3 Columbus restaurant’s
Comune, Joya’s, and Rooh. His go to munchies is store bought sushi. Naturally, we talk about how great Tensuke Market is.
How to get a reservation at Chapman’s Eat Market
Chapman’s reservations book up very fast, for example on March first, April dates open up for reservations. You can try your luck to get a reservation, or you can come to the bar which is first come first serve. Husk won best new restaurant and was booked 2 years in the future. Then at Rose’s Luxury they took no reservations and 300 plus people would wait in line in the hopes of getting a table. He feels Chapman’s method is the most fair.