When it comes to jobs, there are human years and there are chef years. As intensely creative beings, chefs sometimes jump from workplace to workplace (and kitchen to kitchen) more frequently than, say, accountants or schoolteachers.
Which is why it’s notable that chef Jason Tostrup has been at the Inn at Weathersfield for eight and a half years — and not surprising that he’s moving on.
Today, Inn co-owner Marilee Spanjian announced that Tostrup will take his final bow on October 30, just before the Inn closes for stick season. When the first flakes begin falling, the chef will be sharpening his knives in a kitchen not too far away — Epic at Solitude, the fine-dining restaurant at Okemo Mountain in Ludlow.
“We can all agree he is an amazingly talented chef,” wrote Spanjian. “But what you may not know is Jason’s love and commitment to his wife and young children. This new position will allow him to be home at night. No more dinner shifts.”
Tostrup came to the Inn almost a decade ago after stints at Colorado’s La Renaissance Restaurant and Thomas Keller’s Bouchon, and subsequently became one of the first Vermont chefs to energetically build relationships with local farmers. In 2008, Bon Appetit magazine named the Inn at Weathersfield a “Top 10 Culinary Inn,” and in 2010, Fodor’s Travel Guides called its Verterra “the best restaurant in Vermont.”
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