The Copper Grouse chef’s table Credit: Courtesy of Copper Grouse

In Manchester, chef Michael Bates-Walsh replaced chef Vanessa Davis at the Copper Grouse earlier this month. The move marks Bates-Walsh’s return to Vermont; he spent several years in the kitchen of Manchester’s Equinox Golf Resort & Spa earlier in his career, then worked at a number of other high-end New England resorts. Bates-Walsh is currently reworking the Grouse’s locavore new American menu and will debut a new bill of fare later this spring.

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Hannah Palmer Egan was a Seven Days food writer from 2014-2019. She was a 2017 James Beard Journalism Award finalist for her coverage of Vermont's food and agriculture industries, and received food writing awards from the Association of Alternative Newsmedia. She lives in northeast Pennsylvania with her family, where she works in the outdoor lifestyle and adventure tourism industry.