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'''Renee Erickson''' is a [[Seattle]]-based chef won the 2016 [[James Beard Award]] for Best Chef: Northwest.<ref>{{cite news|last1=NPR Staff|title=Why This Seattle Chef Is Embracing A Higher Minimum Wage For Employees|url=://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/05/06/476797446/why-this-seattle-chef-is-embracing-a-higher-minimum-wage-for-employees|accessdate=25 October 2016|work=NPR|date=May 6, 2016}}</ref>

Erickson began her restaurant career while an art student at the [[University of Washington]]: needing a job to afford her studies, she worked for some years at the restaurant Boat Street, but then unexpectedly was offered the opportunity to buy it when she was 25.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2014-10-17|title=Catching Up with Renee Erickson On Her 'A Boat a Whale & a Walrus' Book Tour|url=https://seattlemag.com/article/catching-renee-erickson-her-boat-whale-walrus-book-tour|access-date=2020-12-06|website=Seattle Magazine|language=en|archive-date=2020-08-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200831005633/https://www.seattlemag.com/article/catching-renee-erickson-her-boat-whale-walrus-book-tour|url-status=live}}</ref> Though she had planned to go back to school, she accepted and bought Boat Street. A business partner eventually persuaded her to expand further and she has become owner and chef of a group of restaurants in Seattle, including Bar Melusine, [[Bateau (restaurant)|Bateau]],<ref>{{cite news|last1=Varriano|first1=Jackie|title=A Peek Inside Renee Erickson's New Seattle Restaurants|url=https://www.zagat.com/b/seattle/look-inside-renee-ericksons-two-new-seattle-restaurants|accessdate=25 October 2016|work=Zagat|date=December 19, 2015|archive-date=26 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161026001311/https://www.zagat.com/b/seattle/look-inside-renee-ericksons-two-new-seattle-restaurants|url-status=live}}</ref> Boat Street Cafe, [[The Whale Wins]], Barnacle, and [[The Walrus and the Carpenter (restaurant)|The Walrus and the Carpenter]]. ''[[Bon Appetit]]'' titled a 2016 profile of Erickson and her restaurants, "Why Seattle Is One of the Most Exciting Places to Eat in the Country," and compared Erickson to [[M.F.K. Fisher]], [[Elizabeth David]], and [[Julia Child]] in her generational significance as a chef.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Knowlton|first1=Andrew|title=Chef Renee Erickson Makes Us Want to Move to Seattle|url=http://www.bonappetit.com/restaurants-travel/article/seattle-renee-erickson|accessdate=25 October 2016|work=Bon Appétit|date=April 27, 2016|archive-date=26 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161026075635/http://www.bonappetit.com/restaurants-travel/article/seattle-renee-erickson|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2014, Erickson published a cookbook called ''A Boat, a Whale & a Walrus''.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ahern|first1=Shauna James|title=Renee Erickson has four Seattle restaurants, and now a cookbook|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/food/2014/12/26/a14ef954-8a06-11e4-a085-34e9b9f09a58_story.html|accessdate=25 October 2016|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=26 December 2014|archive-date=26 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161026000007/https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/food/2014/12/26/a14ef954-8a06-11e4-a085-34e9b9f09a58_story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[Eater (website)|Eater]]'' described it as a cookbook while also part narrative and memoir.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Billups |first1=Sara |title=Renee Erickson on Her First Cookbook: A Boat, A Whale, and A Walrus |url=https://seattle.eater.com/2014/9/30/6870891/renee-erickson-cookbook-a-boat-a-whale-and-a-walrus |website=Eater Seattle |access-date=6 December 2020 |language=en |date=30 September 2014 |archive-date=9 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161009032906/http://seattle.eater.com/2014/9/30/6870891/renee-erickson-cookbook-a-boat-a-whale-and-a-walrus |url-status=live }}</ref> It has 70 recipes organized into seasonal meals.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jones |first1=Allison |title=Inside Renee Erickson's 'A Boat, a Whale, and a Walrus' |url=https://www.pdxmonthly.com/eat-and-drink/2014/09/inside-renee-ericksons-a-boat-a-whale-and-a-august-2014 |access-date=6 December 2020 |work=Portland Monthly |date=September 15, 2014 |archive-date=8 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220708032426/https://www.pdxmonthly.com/eat-and-drink/2014/09/inside-renee-ericksons-a-boat-a-whale-and-a-august-2014 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Erickson has been a prominent supporter of Seattle's minimum wage increase, adopting the $15 minimum hourly wage five years ahead of the legal mandate.<ref name=":0" />

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