Chef Operator

PROFILE

Chef Jason Alley is a founding partner of Alley/Jones Hospitality, and the executive chef

and co-owner of Bingo Brewery in Richmond, Virginia. Alley co-founded Ben’s Friends RVA, a regional chapter of the nationwide support group for sober food and beverage people. His former restaurants’ Comfort and Pasture were highly celebrated for featuring local products prepared simply, with contemporary interpretations of classic Southern flavors. In 2018 Comfort’s business model shifted to donating all profits to fight hunger in the greater Richmond area. They partnered with Feedmore, Richmonds core hunger relief agency, as well as No Kid Hungry.

He has been featured in magazines including: Southern Living, Bon Appetite, Food and Wine, Food Arts, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, the New York Times, among others. Alley has also appeared in national television programs (Chef's Afield, Road Trip With Chef G Garvin, Bizarre Foods America with Andrew Zimmern, and Guys Grocery Games), national advertising campaigns for Duke's Mayonnaise, and a short documentary film titled, "Pimento Cheese Please." Chef Alley has also received a "Rising Star" award from Star Chefs.

When he’s not cooking or playing in his Spanglish Ramones cover band, Los Ramones, he's spending time with his wife and four amazing kids. EXPERIENCE

FOUNDER/PARTNER, ALLEY/JONES HOSPITALITY — 2019-PRESENT CHEF/PARTNER, BINGO BEER CO — 2018-PRESENT

CHEF/PARTNER, PASTURE — 2011-2019

CHEF/PARTNER, COMFORT — 2002-2020

AWARDS

STAR CHEFS RISING STAR, 2010

STYLE WEEKLY BEST CHEF RICHMOND, 2011-2019

ELBY AWARD, LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT

RICHMOND TIMES DISPATCH PERSON OF THE YEAR 2018

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JASON ALLEY

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