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Citizen Chicken & Donuts Launches Concept Shop Led by Hell s Kitchen Executive Chef, Van Hurd
Hartford Baking Company opens new food concept amid pandemic.
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HARTFORD, Conn., April 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ You ve heard about businesses pivoting during the pandemic. Hartford Bakery in Connecticut took the pivot one step further and converted their original location to a new concept- with a Celebrity Chef!
According to CNBC, half a million new businesses have opened during the pandemic, down just 14% compared with 1 year ago. More than 15% of the new entities were restaurant and food businesses. Citizen joins the ranks, having opened officially on Super Bowl Sunday.
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This article originally appeared in Connecticut Magazine. Citizen Chicken & Donuts
Winter Caplanson
Hell’s Kitchen chef Van Hurd is the face of this new project from Hartford Baking Co.’s founders, with a menu of doughnuts, egg sandwiches and coffee in the morning that gives way to fried chicken, chicken sandwiches and hearty sides for lunch and dinner.
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A dozen years after Hell s Kitchen, celeb chef Van Hurd takes on fried chicken and doughnuts
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Van Hurd, a “Hell’s Kitchen” alum who moved to Connecticut 12 years ago, is heading up Citizen Chicken and Donuts in West Hartford.Courtesy of Winter Caplanson | Connecticut Food & Farm
In the 12 years since he first settled in Connecticut after his appearance on the sixth season of Fox’s “Hell’s Kitchen,” Southern-raised Van Hurd has cooked cuisine he didn’t necessarily expect to prepare up north: tacos and elevated Mexican fare at Sayulita in South Glastonbury; barbecue at Taino Smokehouse in Meriden.