Ashley Christensen
Ashley Christensen is an American chef, restaurateur, author, and culinary celebrity, born in Greensboro, North Carolina. She was James Beard Award Best Chef Southeast in 2014 and in 2017 received Eater's Best Chef in the Nation award. Christensen lives and works in Raleigh, North Carolina. She was among the five finalists in 2018 for the James Beard Award for Outstanding Chef. In 2019, she won Outstanding Chef.
She owns several Raleigh restaurants including Poole's Diner, Death & Taxes, and Beasley's Chicken + Honey. Just in 2012, she opened Beasley's, Chuck's and Fox Liquor Bar.
An activist on women's issues, Christensen has been outspoken about sexual harassment in the culinary world and has written columns about the issue. Her own company, AC Restaurants, employed an HR specialist in 2012 to ensure that "situations between employees" can be dealt with "in a truly neutral manner".
In March 2020, Christensen had to temporarily close all of her restaurants, due to the COVID-19 outbreak.Education
Christensen attended North Carolina State University.
